Pileni

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Coordinates: 10°11′S 166°10′E / 10.183°S 166.167°E / -10.183; 166.167

NASA picture of the Reef Islands. Pileni is the island on the right off the northern coast

Pileni is a culturally important island in the Reef Islands, in the northern part of the Solomon Islands province of Temotu. Despite its location in Melanesia, the population of the islands is Polynesian.

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Pileni once gave its name to the Samoic-Outlier language spoken there. What used to be called Pileni is now more commonly referred to under its native name Vaeakau-Taumako.

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Solomon Islands Islands of the Solomon Islands by province
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Choiseul
Guadalcanal
Isabel
Makira-Ulawa
Malaita
Rennell and Bellona
Temotu
Western
Polynesian triangle
Polynesian outliers
Polynesian-influenced
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