Definitions for oceaniaˌoʊ ʃiˈæn i ə, -ˈɑ ni ə; -ˈæn ɪ kə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
O•ce•an•i•aˌoʊ ʃiˈæn i ə, -ˈɑ ni ə; -ˈæn ɪ kə(n.)
also O•ce•an•i•ca
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and usu. Australasia.
Category: Geography (places)
O`ce•an′i•an(adj.; n.)
Princeton's WordNet
Oceania, Oceanica(noun)
a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)
Wiktionary
Oceania(ProperNoun)
A geographical region composed of many islands (Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) plus Australasia. It is located between Asia, Antarctica and the Americas.
Origin: From Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from the Ὠκεανός
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Oceania
an imaginary commonwealth described by James Harrington (1611-1697) in which the project of a doctrinaire republic is worked out; also a book of Froude's on the English colonies.
Oceania
the name given to the clusters of islands, consisting of Australasia in the S., Malaysia in the E. Indian Archipelago, and Polynesia in the N. and E. of the Pacific.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Oceania
The islands of the central and South Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. (Random House Dictionary, 2d ed)
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