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The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically, they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the central and eastern parts of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end.
The Carolinian people (endonym: Refaluwasch) are a Micronesian ethnic group who originated in Oceania, in the Caroline Islands, with a total population of over 8,500 people in the Northern Mariana Islands. They are also known as Remathau in the Yap's outer islands. Refaluwasch means "People of the Deep Sea."
A map of the Federated States of Micronesia.. The Federated States of Micronesia are located on the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. The history of the modern Federated States of Micronesia is one of settlement by Micronesians; colonization by Spain, Germany, and Japan; United Nations trusteeship under United States-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and gradual ...
Wa in the Marshall Islands/Caroline Islands area, prior to 1911 Model of a wa from Woleai in the National Museum of Ethnology (Japan) Wa are traditional sailing outrigger canoes of the Caroline Islands, which also includes Palau and Yap. [1] They have a single outrigger. [1] [2] They are similar to the sakman of the Northern Marianas.
The earliest settlers were probably Lapita culture people from the Southeast Solomon Islands or the Vanuatu archipelago. [5] Pre-colonial history is divided into three eras: Mwehin Kawa or Mwehin Aramas (Period of Building, or Period of Peopling, before c. 1100); Mwehin Sau Deleur (Period of the Lord of Deleur, c. 1100 [6] to c. 1628); [note 1] and Mwehin Nahnmwarki (Period of the Nahnmwarki ...
Carolinian people, an Austronesian ethnic group which originates from the Caroline Islands Something or someone from, or related to, The Carolinas , a region in the United States Carolinian forest , a life zone in eastern North America
The Woleaian script, also sometimes known as the Caroline Islands script, was the only indigenous writing system developed in the region. It was a syllabary used in Woleai until the mid-20th century. Some of the characters were based on Latin letters whereas the origins of other characters are not known. It was used by an estimated 1,600 people ...
The Caroline Islands are an archipelago within the Micronesia region of Oceania, ... Northern Mariana Islands people of Carolinian descent (4 P) P. Palau (16 C, 3 P) S.