Austronesia

English

Etymology

Back-formation from Austronesian (from Latin austro- (“southern”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”) +‎ -ia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɒs.tɹəˈniː.ʒə/

Proper noun

Austronesia

1. Those areas of the world, mostly in Southeast Asia and the Pacific but also including Madagascar, that are inhabited by speakers of Austronesian languages.

Meronyms

• Maritime Southeast Asia
• Melanesia
• Micronesia
• Polynesia

Related terms

• Austronesian

Translations

group of islands

• Arabic: أُسْتْرُونِيزِيَا (ʔustrūnīziyā)
• Catalan: Austronèsia f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 南島／南岛 (naam⁴ dou²)

  Hokkien: 南島／南岛 (Lâm-tó)

  Mandarin: 南島／南岛 (zh) (Nándǎo)

• Finnish: Austronesia
• French: Austronésie (fr)
• Georgian: ავსტრონეზია (avsṭronezia)
• Irish: an Astrainéis f
• Japanese: オーストロネシア (Ōsutoroneshia)
• Korean: 오스트로네시아 (Oseuteuronesia)
• Malay: Austronesia
• Persian: آسترونزی (âstronezi)
• Portuguese: Austronésia
• Russian: Австронезия (ru) (Avstronezija)
• Serbo-Croatian: Аустронезија f, Austronezija f
• Tagalog: Awstronesya, Austronesya