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Marquesas is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Marquesas in a sentence

Marquesas meaning

the Marquesas Islands

Using Marquesas

  • The main meaning on this page is: the Marquesas Islands
  • In the example corpus, marquesas often appears in combinations such as: the marquesas, marquesas islands.

Context around Marquesas

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

islands 3× islanders 1×

Sentence patterns with Marquesas

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

from the marquesas islands sometime 1× starting in marquesas if the 1× the marquesas islanders called 1× to the marquesas and tuamotu 1× to the marquesas islands 1× were the marquesas islands in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a collection of 1× historically polynesians first 1× starting in marquesas 1× the first islands 1× the marquesas islanders 1× when the slave 1×

Common sentence endings:

about 200 bc 1× and tuamotu islands 1× as aries existed 1× from a sack 1× the marquesas islands 1× then from tahiti 1×

Words around Marquesas

Just before it in the word index:

marques 65 marquel 3 marquees 17 marquee 347 marque 78 marquart 6

Just after it in the word index:

marquese 4 marquess 48 marquessate 2 marquesses 2 marquet 4 marquetry 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Marquesas

  • In this selection, "marquesas" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, islands and islanders stand out and add context to how "marquesas" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include from the marquesas islands sometime and starting in marquesas if the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "marquesas" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with marquesas

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The first islands of French Polynesia to be settled were the Marquesas Islands in about 200 BC. (17 words)

Historically, Polynesians first migrated to Hawaii in two waves: from the Marquesas Islands sometime between 124 and 1120 A.D., and then from Tahiti. (24 words)

The Marquesas islanders called it Na-pai-ka; the Māori constellation Pipiri may correspond to modern Aries as well.sfn In indigenous Peruvian astronomy, a constellation with most of the same stars as Aries existed. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

When the slave raiders were forced to repatriate the people they had kidnapped, carriers of smallpox disembarked together with a few survivors on each of the islands. citation This created devastating epidemics from Easter Island to the Marquesas islands. (39 words)

A collection of Stevenson's articles and essays on his travels in the Pacific an account of the 1888 cruise which Stevenson and Fanny undertook on the Casco from the Hawaiian Islands to the Marquesas and Tuamotu islands. (38 words)

Starting in Marquesas, if the tribe could not reach a unanimous decision as to who should be voted off within an allotted time, contestants who did not have immunity would pull different colored rocks from a sack. (37 words)

Example sentences (6)

Historically, Polynesians first migrated to Hawaii in two waves: from the Marquesas Islands sometime between 124 and 1120 A.D., and then from Tahiti.

A collection of Stevenson's articles and essays on his travels in the Pacific an account of the 1888 cruise which Stevenson and Fanny undertook on the Casco from the Hawaiian Islands to the Marquesas and Tuamotu islands.

Starting in Marquesas, if the tribe could not reach a unanimous decision as to who should be voted off within an allotted time, contestants who did not have immunity would pull different colored rocks from a sack.

The first islands of French Polynesia to be settled were the Marquesas Islands in about 200 BC.

The Marquesas islanders called it Na-pai-ka; the Māori constellation Pipiri may correspond to modern Aries as well.sfn In indigenous Peruvian astronomy, a constellation with most of the same stars as Aries existed.

When the slave raiders were forced to repatriate the people they had kidnapped, carriers of smallpox disembarked together with a few survivors on each of the islands. citation This created devastating epidemics from Easter Island to the Marquesas islands.

Common combinations with marquesas

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "marquesas" in a sentence?
An example: "Historically, Polynesians first migrated to Hawaii in two waves: from the Marquesas Islands sometime between 124 and 1120 A.D., and then from Tahiti." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "marquesas" from authentic English texts.
What does "marquesas" mean?
Marquesas means: the Marquesas Islands
How many example sentences with "marquesas" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "marquesas", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.