Melanesia
English
editEtymology
editFrom French Mélanésie (coined by Jules Dumont d'Urville), from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”), referring to the skin color of the inhabitants.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɛl.əˈniː.zi.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛl.əˈni.ʒə/
- (General American) Rhymes: -iːʒə
- Hyphenation: Mel‧a‧ne‧sia
Proper noun
editMelanesia
- A region of Oceania, made up of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.
- 2004, Mary N. MacDonald, “Thinking and teaching with the indigenous traditions of Melanesia”, in Beyond primitivism: indigenous religious traditions and modernity, Routledge, →ISBN, page 315:
- My job, then, is that of a cultural and religious broker of sorts, co-opting Melanesia to serve as a stimulus to thought in Le Moyne classrooms.
Holonyms
editCoordinate terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editpart of Oceania
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Latin
editProper noun
editMelānēsia f sg (genitive Melānēsiae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Melānēsia |
Genitive | Melānēsiae |
Dative | Melānēsiae |
Accusative | Melānēsiam |
Ablative | Melānēsiā |
Vocative | Melānēsia |
Locative | Melānēsiae |
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek, see English Melanesia.
Proper noun
editMelanesia
Derived terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek, see English Melanesia.
Proper noun
editMelanesia
Derived terms
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