Definition of South sea islands

1. Noun. Any islands in the southern or southwestern of central parts of the Pacific Ocean.

Generic synonyms: Island

Lexicographical Neighbors of South Sea Islands

South Korean won
South Koreans
South Levantine Arabic
South Manchuria
South Ndebele
South Ossetia
South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast
South Pacific
South Park
South Platte
South Platte River
South Pole
South Sami
South Sandwiches
South Sea
South Sea Islands
South Shetland Islands
South Shields
South Slavic
South Sudan
South Sudanese
South Sulawesi
South Sumatra
South Tarawa
South Temperate Zone
South Tibet
South Tyrol
South Vietnam
South Wales
South West Africa

Literary usage of South sea islands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1830)
"I.—Polynesian Researches, during a Residence of nearly Six Yearn, in the South Sea Islands; including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1825)
"south sea islands ; being a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character, Religion, and State of Society among the various Tribes scattered over the Great ..."

3. Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the by William Ellis (1853)
"The orea, or maiden plantain, with the other varieties, comes to the highest perfection in the south sea islands, and is a delicious fruit. ..."

4. Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the by William Ellis (1833)
"... or Christianity—Origin of the inhabitants of tile South Sea islands—Traditions— ... in the South Sea islands was formerly much greater than at present. ..."

5. The Library of American Biography by Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress), Jared Sparks (1847)
"... Opinions respecting the first Peopling of the south sea islands. THE ships were several days among the islands, sailing in different directions, ..."

6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1833)
"... to visit their various Stations in the south sea islands, China, India, fyc. between the years 1821 and 1829. Compiled from the Original Documents by ..."

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