Oceania

From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from the Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊ.ʃiˈɑː.nɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.ʃiˈæn.i.ə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌɐʉ.ʃiːˈaː.ni.ə/, /-njə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌəʉ.ʃiˈaː.ni.ə/, /-njə/
• (Ireland, also) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊʃiˈænə/

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• Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧nia

Oceania

1. A geographical region or continent composed of many islands (Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) plus Australasia. It is located between Asia, Antarctica and the Americas.

Despite the fact that Oceania is not widely classified 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:

Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include:

• Australasia
• Melanesia
• Micronesia
• Polynesia

• Oceanic
• Oceanian
• Oceanianist
• ocean

Borrowed from French Océanie.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.se.əˈni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.se.əˈni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [o.se.aˈni.a]

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Oceania f

1. Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

• oceànic

• (continents) continent; Àfrica,‎ Amèrica,‎ Amèrica del Nord/‎Nord-amèrica,‎ Amèrica del Sud/‎Sud-amèrica,‎ Antàrtida,‎ Àsia,‎ Europa,‎ Oceania ^{(Category: ca:Continents) [edit]}

Borrowed from French Océanie.

• IPA^(key): /o.t͡ʃeˈa.nja/
• Rhymes: -anja
• Hyphenation: O‧ce‧à‧nia

Oceania f

1. Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

• oceaniano

• oceano

• (continents) continente; Africa, America (America meridionale, America settentrionale), Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania ^{(Category: it:Continents)}

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oː.keˈa.ni.a/, [oːkeˈäniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.t͡ʃeˈa.ni.a/, [ot͡ʃeˈäːniä]

Ōceania f sg (genitive Ōceaniae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.t͡sɛˈaɲ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -aɲja
• Syllabification: O‧ce‧an‧ia

Oceania f

1. Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

• Oceania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Oceânia

• Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧ni‧a

Oceania f

1. Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

The form Oceania is almost the only form used in Brazil, while Oceânia is more common in Portugal.

Borrowed from French Océanie. By surface analysis, ocean +‎ -ia.

• IPA^(key): [o.tʃe̯a.ni.a]

Oceania f

1. Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)