oceania
NounUS[oh-shee-an-yuh]/ˌoʊˌʃiˈænjə/4 syllables
Synonyms:
Oceanica
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)Synonyms: OceanicaInstance of archipelagoPart of Pacific, Pacific OceanParts Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Oceania prop. n.
A large group of islands in the south Pacific sometimes including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago. Syn. — Oceanica.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5