Oceania
English
    

Regions within Oceania.
Etymology
    
From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from the Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”).
Pronunciation
    
- (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/
- Audio (US) - (file) 
- Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧nia
Proper noun
    
Oceania
- A geographical region or continent 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 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:
- Australia
- East Timor (sometimes included)
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
- Indonesia (part)
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include:
- Hawaii (United States)
- American Samoa (United States)
- Easter Island (Chile)
- French Polynesia (France)
- Bonin Islands (Japan)
- Guam (United States)
- Wallis and Futuna (France)
- Northern Mariana Islands (United States)
- New Caledonia (France)
Meronyms
    
Related terms
    
Translations
    
geographical region
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Catalan
    
    
Pronunciation
    
Related terms
    
See also
    
- (continents) continent; Àfrica, Amèrica, Amèrica del Nord/Nord-amèrica, Amèrica del Sud/Sud-amèrica, Antàrtida, Àsia, Europa, Oceania (Category: ca:Continents) [edit]
Italian
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /o.t͡ʃeˈa.nja/
- Rhymes: -anja
- Hyphenation: O‧ce‧à‧nia
Derived terms
    
Related terms
    
See also
    
- (continents) continente; Africa, America (America meridionale, America settentrionale), Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: it:Continents)
Latin
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oː.keˈa.ni.a/, [oːkeˈäniä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.t͡ʃeˈa.ni.a/, [ot͡ʃeˈäːniä]
Declension
    
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular | 
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ōceania | 
| Genitive | Ōceaniae | 
| Dative | Ōceaniae | 
| Accusative | Ōceaniam | 
| Ablative | Ōceaniā | 
| Vocative | Ōceania | 
Polish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɔ.t͡sɛˈaɲ.ja/
- Audio - (file) 
- Rhymes: -aɲja
- Syllabification: O‧ce‧an‧ia
Declension
    
Portuguese
    
    Alternative forms
    
Pronunciation
    
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.si.aˈni.ɐ/ [o.sɪ.aˈni.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.sjaˈni.ɐ/, /o.se.aˈni.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.se.aˈni.a/
 
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.sjɐˈni.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧ni‧a
Usage notes
    
The form Oceania is almost the only form used in Brazil, while Oceânia is more common in Portugal.
Romanian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [o.tʃe̯a.ni.a]
Declension
    
| gender f | uncountable | 
|---|---|
| Nom/Acc | Oceania | 
| Gen/Dat | Oceaniei | 
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