Melanesia
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek μέλας (melas, “dark”) + νῆσος (nēsos, “island”), referring to the skin color of the inhabitants.
Pronunciation [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Melanesia
- Part of Oceania, made up of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.
- 2004, Mary N. MacDonald, “Thinking and teaching with the indigenous traditions of Melanesia”, Beyond primitivism: indigenous religious traditions and modernity, Routledge, page 315:
- My job, then, is that of a cultural and religious broker of sorts, co-opting Melanesia to serve as a stimulus to thought in Le Moyne classrooms.
- 2004, Mary N. MacDonald, “Thinking and teaching with the indigenous traditions of Melanesia”, Beyond primitivism: indigenous religious traditions and modernity, Routledge, page 315:
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
part of Oceania
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Latin [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Melanesia (genitive Melanesiae); f, first declension
Inflection [edit]
| nominative | Melanesia |
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| genitive | Melanesiae |
| dative | Melanesiae |
| accusative | Melanesiam |
| ablative | Melanesiā |
| vocative | Melanesia |
| locative | Melanesiae |
