Oceania

[ oh-shee-an-ee-uh, -ah-nee-uh ]

noun

1. the islands of the central and southern Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).

Oceania

/ ˌəʊʃɪˈɑːnɪə /

noun

1. the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia: sometimes also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago

Other Words From

• Oce·ani·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

Wellington, New Zealand Our Oceania pick is the latest city to wholeheartedly embrace the global Brooklyn movement.

From The Daily Beast

Oceania had to be at war with someone otherwise they would begin to see what the world around them lacked.

From The Daily Beast

In works such as “Oceania,” featuring cut-outs birds, fish, coral and leaves, the walls of his apartment became the canvas itself.

From The Daily Beast

Of those, 61 are European, 19 are Latin American, 14 are North American, 11 are African, 11 are Asian, and one comes from Oceania.

From The Daily Beast

“You think, I dare say, that our chief job is inventing new words,” says Syme, the Dr. Johnson of Oceania.

From The Daily Beast

But the Australian does not belong to this class, nor, even less, can many of the peoples of Oceania be counted within it.

From Project Gutenberg

It is, I think, impossible to conceive a higher degree of charity than the going to live among savages in Oceania.

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A bishop was appointed for Eastern Oceania, and several priests preceded him to the islands.

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In another region of Oceania, the fate of the soul is decided by the family of the deceased, who throw dice for it.

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But he had time to collect some interesting facts about the people, whom he considered the handsomest in Oceania.

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