Oceania

See also: Oceânia, Óceánia, and Oceanía

English

Regions within Oceania.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Oceania

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

Usage notes

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:

Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include:

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Oceania

Catalan

Proper noun

Oceania f

  1. Oceania

See also

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.t͡ʃeˈa.nja/, [ot͡ʃeˈäːn̺jä]
  • Stress: Oceània
  • Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧nia

Proper noun

Oceania f

  1. Oceania

Derived terms

See also

Latin

Proper noun

Ōceania f (genitive Ōceaniae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Oceania

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Ōceania
genitive Ōceaniae
dative Ōceaniae
accusative Ōceaniam
ablative Ōceaniā
vocative Ōceania
locative Ōceaniae

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.t͡sɛˈaɲ.ja/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Oceania f

  1. Oceania

Declension

Portuguese

Proper noun

Oceania f

  1. Alternative form of Oceânia

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o.tʃe̯a.ni.a]

Proper noun

Oceania f

  1. Oceania

Declension

gender f uncountable
Nom/Acc Oceania
Gen/Dat Oceaniei
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