Origins Quiz — Tuesday, October 20, 2026

What region's name, Greek for 'small islands', is usually credited to the French explorer Dumont d'Urville, who in 1832 divided the Pacific's peoples into three groups? A countryman, Domeny de Rienzi, had used the word a year earlier. The threefold scheme is now considered a superficial reading of the Pacific.

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