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Oceania

See also: Oceânia, Óceánia, and Oceanía

English

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Regions within Oceania.

Etymology

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From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from océan (“ocean”) + -ie, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”). By surface analysis, ocean +‎ -ia.

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Oceania

  2. A continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
  4. That region plus in some definitions Australia and the Malay Archipelago.

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Despite the fact that Oceania is not widely considered a continent in anglophone countries, some people use the concept in place of the Australian continent when delimiting the continents of the world, mostly because several Oceanian countries that are located in the open Pacific Ocean would otherwise be unable to be included in a continent.

Oceania contains the following countries:

Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include:

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Japanese: オセアニア (Oseania)

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Catalan

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Borrowed from French Océanie.

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Oceania f

  1. Oceania ({{place|en|A <<continental region>> composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)
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continents: continentsedit

Italian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French Océanie.

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    • IPA(key): /o.t͡ʃeˈa.nja/
    • Rhymes: -anja
    • Hyphenation: O‧ce‧à‧nia

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    Oceania f

    1. Oceania ({{place|en|A <<continental region>> composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

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    continents: continentiedit

    Latin

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    Ōceania f sg (genitive Ōceaniae); first declension

    1. (New Latin) Oceania ({{place|en|A <<continental region>> composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

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    First-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Ōceania
    genitive Ōceaniae
    dative Ōceaniae
    accusative Ōceaniam
    ablative Ōceaniā
    vocative Ōceania

    Polish

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    • IPA(key): /ɔ.t͡sɛˈaɲ.ja/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -aɲja
    • Syllabification: O‧ce‧an‧ia

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    Oceania f

    1. Oceania ({{place|en|A <<continental region>> composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

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    Declension of Oceania
    singular
    nominative Oceania
    genitive Oceanii
    dative Oceanii
    accusative Oceanię
    instrumental Oceanią
    locative Oceanii
    vocative Oceanio

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    continents: kontynentyedit

    Further reading

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    • “Oceania”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós)
    Ancient Greek ὠκεᾰνός (ōkeănós)bor.
    Latin ōceanuslbor.
    French océan
    Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
    Proto-Italic *-ijos
    Proto-Italic *-ios
    Old Latin -ios
    Latin -ius
    Latin -ia
    Old French -ie
    Middle French -ie
    French -ie
    French Océaniebor.
    Portuguese Oceania

      Borrowed from French Océanie.

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      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.si.aˈni.ɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /o.sjaˈni.ɐ/, /o.se.aˈni.ɐ/

      • Rhymes: -iɐ
      • Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧ni‧a

      Proper noun

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      Oceania f (demonym oceânico or oceaniano)

      1. Oceania ({{place|en|A <<continental region>> composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

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      • The form Oceania is almost the only form used in Brazil, while both coexist in Portugal.

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      continents: continentesedit
      countries in Oceania: países da Oceania (appendix)edit

      Romanian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French Océanie. By surface analysis, ocean +‎ -ia.

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      Oceania f

      1. Oceania ({{place|en|A <<continental region>> composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

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      singular
      definite
      nominative-accusative Oceania
      genitive-dative Oceaniei

      Welsh

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      Etymology

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      Internationalism, see English Oceania.

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      Oceania f

      1. Oceania ({{place|en|A <<continental region>> composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)
        Synonym: Ynysoedd y De

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      continents: cyfandiroeddedit
      countries in Oceania: gwledydd Oceania (Ynysoedd y De) (appendix)edit
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