A Polynesian term for a spiritual being, deity, or supernatural power in traditional religious beliefs.
From Polynesian languages including Samoan, Tongan, and Hawaiian, where 'atua' or similar forms denote divine or spiritual entities in indigenous cosmology.
This word appears across multiple Pacific Island cultures with slight variations—'akua' in Hawaiian, 'atua' in Samoan—showing how a common Polynesian root spread across the ocean as people settled islands.
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