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Oceania

ocea·nia

UK/ˌəʊ.ʃiˈɑː.nɪə/ US/ˌəʊ.siˈɑː.nɪə/ uncommon

noun

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a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)

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From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from océan (“ocean”) + -ie, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”). By surface analysis, ocean + -ia.

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