Oceania

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See also: Oceânia, Óceánia, and Oceanía

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Regions within Oceania.

Etymology

From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from the Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, Oceanus).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Oceania

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

Usage notes

Despite the fact that Oceania is not widely classified a continent in anglophone countries, some people use the term when referring to the continents of the world in place of the Australian continent, mostly because several Oceanian countries are located in the Pacific Ocean and would otherwise be unable to be classified within a continent unless grouped in with Australia.

Oceania contains the following countries:

Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include:

Meronyms

Descendants

  • Japanese: オセアニア (Oseania)

Translations

Catalan

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Etymology

Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.t͡ʃeˈa.nja/
  • Rhymes: -anja
  • Hyphenation: O‧ce‧à‧nia

Proper noun

Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

Derived terms

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Latin

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ōceania f sg (genitive Ōceaniae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Ōceania
genitive Ōceaniae
dative Ōceaniae
accusative Ōceaniam
ablative Ōceaniā
vocative Ōceania

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.t͡sɛˈaɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲja
  • Syllabification: O‧ce‧an‧ia

Proper noun

Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • Oceania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.si.aˈni.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /o.sjaˈni.ɐ/, /o.se.aˈni.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.se.aˈni.a/

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

Usage notes

  • The form Oceania is almost the only form used in Brazil, while Oceânia is more common in Portugal.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Océanie. By surface analysis, ocean +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

Declension

gender f uncountable
Nom/Acc Oceania
Gen/Dat Oceaniei

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Etymology

Internationalism, see English Oceania.

Proper noun

Oceania f

  1. Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)
    Synonym: Ynysoedd y De

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