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Oceania

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See also: Oceânia, Óceánia, and Oceanía

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Regions within Oceania.

Etymology

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From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from the Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, Oceanus).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Oceania

  1. A continent or continental region composed of many islands (Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) plus Australasia, located between Asia, Antarctica and the Americas.

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Despite the fact that Oceania is not widely classified a continent in anglophone countries, some people use the term when referring to the continents of the world in place of the Australian continent, mostly because several Oceanian countries are located in the Pacific Ocean and would otherwise be unable to be classified within a continent unless grouped in with Australia.

Oceania contains the following countries:

Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include:

Meronyms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: オセアニア (Oseania)

Translations

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)
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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

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Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Ōceania f sg (genitive Ōceaniae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Oceania (a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

Declension

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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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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Oceania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.si.aˈni.ɐ/ [o.sɪ.aˈni.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.sjaˈni.ɐ/, /o.se.aˈni.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.se.aˈni.a/

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

Proper noun

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Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

Usage notes

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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

Declension

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singular
definite
nominative-accusative Oceania
genitive-dative Oceaniei

Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Etymology

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Internationalism, see English Oceania.

Proper noun

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Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)
    Synonym: Ynysoedd y De

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