Pacific Islander
noun
plural Pacific Islanders
: a native or a descendant of a native of one of the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, or Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean
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Hermios is a Pacific Islander, stands at 4 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 110 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes.
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Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
After the Los Tios Grill get-together, Spanberger is rallying half an hour later at a Korean tea shop for an Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach event, the Washington Examiner has learned.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
The grants that were slashed supported schools that served a higher population of Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students, black students, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander students, Native American students and Hispanic students.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Lash conducted ethnographic observation and interviews at a California middle school with a 55 percent Latino, 25 percent Asian or Pacific Islander, 10 percent African American, and 7 percent white student body.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2025
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Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
After the Los Tios Grill get-together, Spanberger is rallying half an hour later at a Korean tea shop for an Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach event, the Washington Examiner has learned.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
The grants that were slashed supported schools that served a higher population of Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students, black students, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander students, Native American students and Hispanic students.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Lash conducted ethnographic observation and interviews at a California middle school with a 55 percent Latino, 25 percent Asian or Pacific Islander, 10 percent African American, and 7 percent white student body.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Pacific Islander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pacific%20Islander. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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