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The term Polynesian refers to anything originating from the Polynesian Islands on Earth, including the Polynesian people. (VOY: "Alter Ego")

According to writer Ronald D. Moore in an extra feature on the DS9 Season 6 DVD, he had hoped to establish the USS Sutherland crew as maintaining a number of Hawaiian and Polynesian traditions.

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