Melanesia en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌmɛl.əˈniː.zi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌmɛl.əˈni.ʒə/ (General-American)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂ns Proto-Hellenic *mélans Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas)lbor. Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos)lbor. 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 Mélanésiebor. English Melanesia From French Mélanésie (coined by Jules Dumont d'Urville), from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”), referring to the skin color of the inhabitants.
Meanings
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A continental region of Oceania, consisting of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.
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”, in Beyond primitivism: indigenous religious traditions and modernity, Routledge, →ISBN, page 315:
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uk Мелане́зія (part of Oceania) · sv Melanesien (part of Oceania) · it Melanesia (part of Oceania) · tl Timpuluan (part of Oceania) · ms Melanesia (part of Oceania) · fi Melanesia (part of Oceania) · sh Melànēzija (part of Oceania) · nb Melanesia (part of Oceania) · lo ເມລາເນຊີ (part of Oceania) · kk Меланезия (part of Oceania) · ca Melanèsia (part of Oceania) · th เมลานีเซีย (part of Oceania) · be Мэланэ́зія (part of Oceania) · cs Melanésie (part of Oceania) · ro Melanezia (part of Oceania) · az Melaneziya (part of Oceania) · da Melanesien (part of Oceania) · tr Melanezya (part of Oceania) · ug مېلانېزىيە (part of Oceania) · lv Melanēzija (part of Oceania) · ga an Mheilinéis (part of Oceania) · vo Bläga-Seanuäns (part of Oceania) · ko 멜라네시아 (part of Oceania) · be Мелане́зія (part of Oceania) · fa ملانزی (part of Oceania) · sh Мела̀не̄зија (part of Oceania) · ar مِيلَانِيزِيَا (part of Oceania) · id Melenasia (part of Oceania) · et Melaneesia (part of Oceania) · uz Melaneziya (part of Oceania) · sk Melanézia (part of Oceania) · nn Melanesia (part of Oceania) · vi Mê-la-nê-di (part of Oceania) · af Melanesië (part of Oceania) · pl Melanezja (part of Oceania) · he מֶלַנֶזיה (part of Oceania) · mk Меланезија (part of Oceania) · cmn 美拉尼西亞 /美拉尼西亚 (part of Oceania) · el Μελανησία (part of Oceania) · eo Melanezio (part of Oceania) · ja メラネシア (part of Oceania) · ky Меланезия (part of Oceania) · sq Melanesia (part of Oceania) · ur میلانیشیا (part of Oceania) · tk Melaneziýa (part of Oceania) · bg Мелане́зия (part of Oceania) · pt Melanésia (part of Oceania) · mn Меланези (part of Oceania) · mi Meranihia (part of Oceania) · kmr Melanezya (part of Oceania) · es Melanesia (part of Oceania) · sl Melanezija (part of Oceania) · yi מעלאַנעזיע (part of Oceania) · fr Mélanésie (part of Oceania) · is Melanesía (part of Oceania) · hy Մելանեզիա (part of Oceania) · ka მელანეზია (part of Oceania) · tt Меланезия (part of Oceania) · lt Melanezija (part of Oceania) · de Melanesien (part of Oceania) · hu Melanézia (part of Oceania) · hi मॅलानिशिया (part of Oceania) · ru Мелане́зия (part of Oceania) · am መላኔዥያ (part of Oceania) · tg Меланезия (part of Oceania) · tl Melanesya (part of Oceania) · nl Melanesië (part of Oceania) · my မီလန်နီးရှား (part of Oceania)