Pacific Islander

American  

[puh-sif-ik ahy-luhn-der] / pəˈsɪf ɪk ˈaɪ lən dər /

noun

1. a member or descendant of the Indigenous people of the Pacific Islands.

2. (loosely) a native or inhabitant of the Pacific islands.

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Etymology

Origin of Pacific Islander

First recorded in 1795–1800

Example Sentences

Also, more Latino, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Asian American and white first-year undergraduates enrolled than in 2024.

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The fallout from such portrayals, says DJ Ida, director of the National Asian Pacific Islander Mental Health Assn., is that families internalize societal fears about mental illness and mass shootings.

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A4 academic support programs for elementary students were first implemented during summer and after school, before expanding to year-round services at over a dozen schools with the largest populations of Black, Latino, Afro-Latino, Hmong, Native American and Pacific Islander students.

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As the chief clinical officer of Richmond Area Multi-Services, one of the country’s first agencies addressing Asian American and Pacific Islander communities’ needs for culturally competent services, Christina Shea has observed the value of involving family members in a person’s care.

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Thai people are coded under broader categories like “Other Asian/Pacific Islander” in census surveys and are harder to track in county and state data systems.

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