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Oceania

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O·ce·an·i·a  (sh-n-, -n-, -än-)
The islands of the southern, western, and central Pacific Ocean, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The term is sometimes extended to encompass Australia, New Zealand, and the Malay Archipelago.

Oce·ani·an adj. & n.

Oceania [ˌəʊʃɪˈɑːnɪə]
n
(Placename) the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia: sometimes also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.OceaniaOceania - a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)
Melanesia - the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania
Micronesia - the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania
Polynesia - the islands in the eastern part of Oceania
Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world
Translations
Oceania [ˌəʊʃɪˈeɪnɪə] NOceanía f

Oceania [ˌəʊʃiˈɑːniə] nOcéanie f
ocean liner npaquebot m

Oceania
nOzeanien nt

Oceania [ˌəʊʃɪˈɑːnɪə] nl'Oceania
Oceania [ˌəʊʃɪˈɑːnɪə] nl'Oceania

Oceania أوسيانيا Oceánie Oceanien Ozeanien Ωκεανία Oceanía Oseania Océanie Oceanija Oceania オセアニア 오세아니아 Oceanië Oseania Oceania Oceania, Oceânia Океания Oceanien หมู่เกาะทางแปซิฟิก Okyanusya Đại Tây Dương 大洋洲


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Then, chart in hand, we reviewed the travels of the French navigator, his voyages of circumnavigation, his double detention at the South Pole, which led to the discovery of Adelaide and Louis Philippe, and fixing the hydrographical bearings of the principal islands of Oceania.
Oh, well-a-day and lack-a-day, the whirligig of time and fortune, the topsyturviness of luck, the wooden shoe going up and the polished heel descending a French gunboat, a conquered island kingdom of Oceania, to-day ruled over by a peasant-born, unlettered, colonial gendarme, and .
 
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