EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from the Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”)
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Oceania
- A geographical region composed of many islands (Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) plus Australasia. It is located between Asia, Antarctica and the Americas.
Usage notesEdit
Despite the fact that Oceania is technically not 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:
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Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include:
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Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
a geographical region composed of many islands
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See alsoEdit
CatalanEdit
Proper nounEdit
Oceania f
See alsoEdit
- (continents) continent; Àfrica, Antàrtida, Àsia, Oceania, Europa, Amèrica del Nord/Nord-amèrica, Amèrica del Sud/Sud-amèrica (Category: ca:Continents) [edit]
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Oceania f
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- (continents) continente; Africa, America meridionale, America settentrionale, Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: it:Continents)
LatinEdit
Proper nounEdit
Oceania f (genitive Oceaniae); first declension
InflectionEdit
First declension with locative.
| Number | Singular |
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| nominative | Oceania |
| genitive | Oceaniae |
| dative | Oceaniae |
| accusative | Oceaniam |
| ablative | Oceaniā |
| vocative | Oceania |
| locative | Oceaniae |
PolishEdit
PortugueseEdit
Proper nounEdit
Oceania f
- Oceania (a geographical region composed of many islands)