Euronesian is an umbrella term and portmanteau for people of mixed European and either Melanesians, Micronesians,There is no scientific element about this ancient classification into both terms (Melanesians and Micronesians), and "Oceanians" would be better.[1] or Polynesians descent. The term is most commonly used in Samoa. British people or French people colonizers, missionaries and traders, as well as some descendants of Polynesians and Spaniards in Easter Island (where Chilean law and generic Chilean social views name them mestizos), and descendants of Micronesians and Spaniards in the Caroline Islands (the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau), the Mariana Islands (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), and the Marshall Islands. ʻAfakasi is the common term of reference for euronesians in Samoa; in Fiji, the term Kailoma is usually used.
Distinct Euronesian groups include the Hawaiian Hapa haole, Norfolk Islanders, Ōbeikei Islanders, Palmerston Islanders, Pitcairn Islanders, and Tahitian demis.
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