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NALT Full

Rural Development, Communities, Education, Extension
people
nationalities and ethnic groups
Pacific Islanders

Preferred term

Pacific Islanders

Type

Topic

Definition

People who identify themselves as having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

nationalities and ethnic groups

Related concepts

Scope note

Consider using a geographic descriptor for the location of the people being studied.

In other languages

habitantes de las Islas del Pacífico

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12957

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