Meanings
- not comparableinsular; of islands
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But a glance farther along at the notes upon item 342 will show that these languages which here omit the moon present it in that record as masina, again the shining one, the most conspicuous object in the perfect light, composite white. Few of these forms in our three nesiote areas but are self-explanatory.
1911, William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekνησιώτης“islander”
- Englishnesiote
From Ancient Greek νησιώτης (nēsiṓtēs, “islander”).
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nesiote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nesiote
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