Definitions for Oceania
ˌoʊ ʃiˈæn i ə, -ˈɑ ni ə; -ˈæn ɪ kəocea·ni·a

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Oceania, Oceanicanoun

   a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Oceanianoun

   A geographical region composed of many islands (Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) plus Australasia. It is located between Asia, Antarctica and the Americas.

2. Etymology: From Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from the Ὠκεανός

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1. Oceania

   Oceania (UK: , US: (listen), ) is a geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of 8,525,989 square kilometres (3,291,903 sq mi) and a population of around 44.5 million as of 2021. When compared with (and sometimes described as being one of) the continents, the region of Oceania is the smallest in land area and the second least populated after Antarctica. Its major population centres are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Adelaide, Honolulu, Christchurch, Gold Coast, and Wellington. Oceania has a diverse mix of economies from the highly developed and globally competitive financial markets of Australia, French Polynesia, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and New Zealand, which rank high in quality of life and Human Development Index, to the much less developed economies of Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Western New Guinea, while also including medium-sized economies of Pacific islands such as Fiji, Palau, and Tonga. The largest and most populous country in Oceania is Australia, and the largest city is Sydney. Puncak Jaya in Highland Papua, Indonesia is the highest peak in Oceania at 4,884 m (16,024 ft).The first settlers of Australia, New Guinea, and the large islands just to the east arrived more than 60,000 years ago. Oceania was first explored by Europeans from the 16th century onward. Portuguese explorers, between 1512 and 1526, reached the Tanimbar Islands, some of the Caroline Islands and west New Guinea. Spanish and Dutch explorers followed, then British and French. On his first voyage in the 18th century, James Cook, who later arrived at the highly developed Hawaiian Islands, went to Tahiti and followed the east coast of Australia for the first time.The arrival of European settlers in subsequent centuries resulted in a significant alteration in the social and political landscape of Oceania. The Pacific theatre saw major action during the Second World War, mainly between Allied powers the United States, Philippines (a U.S. Commonwealth at the time) and Australia, and Axis power Japan. The rock art of Aboriginal Australians is the longest continuously practiced artistic tradition in the world. Most Oceanian countries are multi-party representative parliamentary democracies, with tourism being a large source of income for the Pacific Islands nations.

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1. oceania

   Oceania is a geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Spanning the eastern and western hemispheres, it covers an area of more than 8.5 million square kilometers. Some of its major countries include Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and numerous Pacific islands. It is home to a diverse range of indigenous cultures, languages, and biodiversity. Traditionally known as a continent, it is now often classified as a region within the Pacific Ocean.

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1. Oceania

   Oceania, also known as Oceanica, is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Opinions of what constitutes Oceania range from its three subregions of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia to, more broadly, the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago. The term is sometimes used more specifically to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate islands, or biogeographically as a synonym for either the Australasian ecozone or the Pacific ecozone.

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1. 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.

2. 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.

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1. Oceania

   The islands of the central and South Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. (Random House Dictionary, 2d ed)

Matched Categories

1. • Pacific
   • Archipelago

How to pronounce Oceania?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Oceania in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Oceania in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Oceania in a Sentence

1. Kosuke Morita:

   Another important meaning is that until now, all the elements in the periodic table have been discovered in Europe and the United States, there has not been a single atomic element found in Asia, Oceania or Africa.

2. John Coates:

   Australia is very grateful for this opportunity which was confirmed this weekend and there will be enormous interest from our Oceania neighbors, this is something I have been pursuing for more than 20 years.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Oceania
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Oceania
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Oceania
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Oceania