Oceania
Meaning
A continent or continental region composed of many islands (Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) plus Australasia, located between Asia, Antarctica and the Americas.
Synonyms
Pacific Ocean countries
𐐄𐑇𐐨𐐰𐑌𐐨𐐲
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
Translations
Océanie
Oceania
Ozeanien
Oceanía
Ωκεανία
Oceanië
Oceania
Oceania
أوقيانوسيا
Okyanusya
Oceania
OceaniaPronounced as (IPA)
/ˌəʊ.ʃiˈɑː.nɪə/
Etymology
From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from the Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”).
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