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Oceania en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /-njə/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˌɐʉ.ʃiːˈɐː.ni.ə/ (New-Zealand)
  • /-njə/ (Australia)
  • /ˌəʊ.ʃiˈɑː.nɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-ˈæn.ə/ (Canada, General-American, sometimes)
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  • /-ˈæn.jə/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˌəʉ.ʃiːˈɐː.ni.ə/ (Australia)
  • /ˌəʊ.siˈɑː.nɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌoʊ.ʃiˈæn.i.ə/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˌoʊʃiˈænə/ (Ireland, also)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

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

Deriveds

oceanium

Descendants

オセアニア

Meronyms

Polynesia · Micronesia · Melanesia · Australasia

Relateds

ocean · Oceanic · Oceanian · Oceanianist

Translations (100)

ja 大洋州 (geographical region) · sl Oceanija (geographical region) · hu Óceánia (geographical region) · nb Oseania (geographical region) · eo Oceanio (geographical region) · af Oseanië (geographical region) · uz Okeaniya (geographical region) · km អូសេអានី (geographical region) · he אוקיאניה (geographical region) · hy Օվկիանիա (geographical region) · sk Oceánia (geographical region) · pt Oceania (geographical region) · th โอเชียเนีย (geographical region) · bg Океа́ния (geographical region) · prs اُقْیَانُوسِیَه (geographical region) · cs Oceánie (geographical region) · eu Ozeania (geographical region) · is Eyjaálfa (geographical region) · ar أُوقِيَانُوسِيَا (geographical region) · ms Oseania (geographical region) · nn Oseania (geographical region) · cmn 大洋洲 (geographical region) · vi Úc Châu (geographical region) · pl Oceania (geographical region) · oc Oceania (geographical region) · da Oceanien (geographical region) · mr ओशनिया (geographical region) · de Ozeanien (geographical region) · vro Okõaania (geographical region) · es Oceanía (geographical region) · szl Uoceańijo (geographical region) · it Oceania (geographical region) · sh Okeanija (geographical region) · nrf Ochéannie (geographical region) · az Okeaniya (geographical region) · kk Океания (geographical region) · tk Okeaniýa (geographical region) · lv Okeānija (geographical region) · tr Okyanusya (geographical region) · lad Oseania (geographical region) · fo Osiania (geographical region) · hi ओशिआनिया (geographical region) · sh Океанија (geographical region) · fur Oceanie (geographical region) · vi Châu Úc (geographical region) · la Oceania (geographical region) · ug ئوكيانىيە (geographical region) · ko 오세안주 (geographical region) · bn ওশেনিয়া (geographical region) · et Okeaania (geographical region) · te ఓషియానియా (geographical region) · vep Valdmerimad (geographical region) · bo རྒྱ་མཚོ་ཆེན་པོའི་གླིང་ཆེན (geographical region) · vi Châu Đại Dương (geographical region) · acw أوقيانوسيا (geographical region) · my အိုရှန်းနီးယား (geographical region) · wo Oseyaani (geographical region) · mk Океанија (geographical region) · ru Океа́ния (geographical region) · el Ωκεανία (geographical region) · tl Karagatanan (geographical region) · mt L-Oċeanja (geographical region) · id Oseania (geographical region) · ta ஓசியானியா (geographical region) · ga an Aigéine (geographical region) · ko 오세아니아 (geographical region) · ky Океания (geographical region) · or ଓସେନିଆ (geographical region) · be Акія́нія (geographical region) · ko 대양주 (geographical region) · dsb Oceanija (geographical region) · sh Oceanija (geographical region) · tg Уқёнусия (geographical region) · se Oseania (geographical region) · nl Oceanië (geographical region) · gl Oceanía (geographical region) · fr Océanie (geographical region) · pt Oceânia (geographical region) · sq Oqeani (geographical region) · ja オセアニア (geographical region) · ca Oceania (geographical region) · fa-ira اُقْیَانُوسِیَه (geographical region) · tet Oseánia (geographical region) · ka ოკეანეთი (geographical region) · as ওচেনিয়া (geographical region) · lo ໂອເຊອານີ (geographical region) · ps اوقيانوسيه (geographical region) · ro Oceania (geographical region) · yi אָקעאַניע (geographical region) · sv Oceanien (geographical region) · cmn 海洋洲 (geographical region) · lt Okeanija (geographical region) · fi Oseania (geographical region) · hif Oceania (geographical region) · sh Оцеанија (geographical region) · uk Океа́нія (geographical region) · am ኦሺያኒያ (geographical region) · sco Oceanie (geographical region) · si ඕසියානාව (geographical region) · rue Океа́нія (geographical region)

wikidata: Q55643 · wikidata: Q538 · wikidata: Q538 · wikipedia: Conrad Malte-Brun · wikidata: Q55643