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See also: Oceânia, Óceánia, and Oceanía

English

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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

  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.

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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:

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: オセアニア (Oseania)

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Océanie.

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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.

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

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Oceania f

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

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Latin

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Ōceania f sg (genitive Ōceaniae); first declension

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

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First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Polish

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Pronunciation

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

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Oceania f

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

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Further reading

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  • Oceania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Océanie.

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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

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Oceania f

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

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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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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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