Oceania

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See also: Oceânia, Óceánia, and Oceanía

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Regions within Oceania.

Etymology

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

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Oceania

  2. 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

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Despite the fact that Oceania is not widely classified a continent, 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

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Descendants

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  • → Japanese: オセアニア (Oseania)

Translations

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Etymology

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Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Oceania f

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Oceania f

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

Derived terms

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Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Ōceania f sg (genitive Ōceaniae); first declension

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

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ōceania
Genitive Ōceaniae
Dative Ōceaniae
Accusative Ōceaniam
Ablative Ōceaniā
Vocative Ōceania

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Oceania f

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

Declension

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Declension of Oceania
singular
nominative Oceania
genitive Oceanii
dative Oceanii
accusative Oceanię
instrumental Oceanią
locative Oceanii
vocative Oceanio

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Further reading

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  • Oceania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.si.aˈni.ɐ/ [o.sɪ.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

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Oceania f

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

Usage notes

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

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Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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Oceania f

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

Declension

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gender f uncountable
Nom/Acc Oceania
Gen/Dat Oceaniei

Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Etymology

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Internationalism, see English Oceania.

Proper noun

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Oceania f

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

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