He was unable to elicit a Polynesian name for the island itself, and concluded that there may not have been one.

Its previous Polynesian name was 'Vava'u'.

They landed there, and the locals named it 'Tala-Tala'- the Polynesian name for 'preacher'.

"The islands had a Polynesian name when the Baron purchased them back in 1945," the pilot explained in the clearly articulated rather pedantic French of the Midi.

The Baron could not pronounce the Polynesian name so he changed it-" The pilot chuckled. "

Or a Polynesian name.

Kalas, due to his stay in Hawaii, was very proficient at pronouncing Polynesian names.

The street hosted beer-and-shot bars with Polynesian names and "day-week-month" motels given a wide berth by the auto club.

The name Hawaii is the Polynesian name of the islands.

The other kind of flow, with the rubbly 'conveyor-belt' surface is also known by a Polynesian name; it is called an aa flow.