Melanesia
one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the island groups in the South Pacific northeast of Australia.
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How to use Melanesia in a sentence
This instrument is a genuine product of Melanesia, and was doubtless acquired from this region by the Malayan tribes.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtWhere the bow and arrow exist, as in Melanesia and America, the arrow-ladder is frequently employed for the celestial journey.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtWhy should the bird be found in Polynesia, having skipped all the intermediate islands of Melanesia?
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora | Edward EdwardsPolynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, are the names by which we know them.
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney GreenbiePrecisely the same phenomena meet us, as we are to see, in Melanesia.
Social Origins and Primal Law | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for Melanesia
/ (ˌmɛləˈniːzɪə) /
one of the three divisions of islands in the Pacific (the others being Micronesia and Polynesia); the SW division of Oceania: includes Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Louisiade, Solomon, Santa Cruz, and Loyalty Islands, which all lie northeast of Australia
Origin of Melanesia
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