Oceania

See also: Oceânia, Óceánia, and Oceanía

English

Regions within Oceania.

Etymology

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Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós)

Ancient Greek ὠκεᾰνός (ōkeănós)bor.

Latin ōceanuslbor.

French océan

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Old French -ie

Middle French -ie

French -ie

French Océanieder.

English Oceania

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊ.ʃiˈɑː.nɪə/, /ˌəʊ.siˈɑː.nɪə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.ʃiˈæn.i.ə/, /-ˈæn.jə/, (sometimes) /-ˈæn.ə/

  • Audio (US):

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌəʉ.ʃiːˈɐː.ni.ə/, /-njə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌɐʉ.ʃiːˈɐː.ni.ə/, /-njə/
• (Ireland, also) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊʃiˈænə/ (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)
• Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧nia

Proper noun

Oceania

2. A continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
4. A continent or continental region composed of the members above plus Australia and the Malay Archipelago..

Usage notes

Despite the fact that Oceania is not widely considered a continent in anglophone countries, some people use the concept in place of the Australian continent when delimiting the continents of the world, mostly because several Oceanian countries that are located in the open Pacific Ocean would otherwise be unable to be included in a continent.

Oceania contains the following countries:

• Australia (sometimes included)
• Brunei (sometimes included)
• East Timor (sometimes included)
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Indonesia (New Guinea; the rest of Indonesia sometimes included)
• Kiribati
• Malaysia (East Malaysia sometimes included)
• Marshall Islands
• Nauru
• New Zealand
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines (sometimes included)
• 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

• Australasia
• Melanesia
• Micronesia
• Polynesia

Derived terms

• oceanium

Related terms

• Oceanic
• Oceanian
• Oceanianist
• ocean

Descendants

• → Japanese: オセアニア (Oseania)

Translations

geographical region

• Afrikaans: Oseanië
• Albanian: Oqeani
• Amharic: ኦሺያኒያ (ʾošiyaniya)
• Arabic: أُوقِيَانُوسِيَا f (ʔuqiyānusiyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: أوقيانوسيا f (ʔogyanūsya)

• Armenian: Օվկիանիա (Ōvkiania)
• Assamese: ওচেনিয়া (üsenia)
• Azerbaijani: Okeaniya
• Basque: Ozeania (eu)
• Belarusian: Акія́нія f (Akijánija)
• Bengali: ওশেনিয়া (bn) (ōśeniẏa)
• Bulgarian: Океа́ния f (Okeánija)
• Burmese: အိုရှန်းနီးယား (uihran:ni:ya:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Океа́нія f (Okeánija)
• Catalan: Oceania (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大洋洲 (zh) (Dàyángzhōu), 海洋洲 (zh) (Hǎiyángzhōu)

• Czech: Oceánie (cs) f
• Danish: Oceanien (da)
• Dutch: Oceanië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Oceanio
• Estonian: Okeaania
• Faroese: Osiania
• Fiji Hindi: Oceania
• Finnish: Oseania (fi)
• French: Océanie (fr) f
• Friulian: Oceanie f
• Galician: Oceanía (gl) f
• Georgian: ოკეანეთი (oḳeaneti)
• German: Ozeanien (de) n
• Greek: Ωκεανία (el) f (Okeanía)

  Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can

• Hebrew: אוקיאניה f (okiánia)
• Hindi: ओशिआनिया (hi) m (ośiāniyā)
• Hungarian: Óceánia (hu)
• Icelandic: Eyjaálfa (is)
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: Oseania (id)
• Irish: an Aigéine f
• Italian: Oceania (it) f
• Japanese: オセアニア (ja) (Oseania), 大洋州 (ja) (たいようしゅう, Taiyōshū)
• Kazakh: Океания (kk) (Okeanıya)
• Khmer: អូសេអានី (ʼouseeʼaanii)
• Korean: 오세아니아 (ko) (Oseania), 대양주(大洋洲) (daeyangju), 오세안주(오세안洲) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Океания (Okeaniya)
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: Oseania
• Lao: ໂອເຊອານີ (lo) (ʼō nī)
• Latin: Oceania f
• Latvian: Okeānija f
• Lithuanian: Okeanija (lt) f
• Macedonian: Океанија f (Okeanija)
• Malay: Oseania
• Maltese: L-Oċeanja f
• Marathi: ओशनिया (ośniyā)
• Norman: Ochéannie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Oseania (no)

  Nynorsk: Oseania

• Occitan: Oceania (oc) f
• Odia: ଓସେନିଆ (oseniā)
• Pashto: اوقيانوسيه f (oqeyānosyá)
• Persian:

  Dari: اُقْیَانُوسِیَه (uqyānūsiya)

  Iranian Persian: اُقْیَانُوسِیَه (oġyânowsiya)

• Polish: Oceania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Oceania (pt) f, Oceânia (pt) f
• Romanian: Oceania f
• Russian: Океа́ния (ru) f (Okeánija)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: Oseania

• Scots: Oceanie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Океанија f, Оцеанија f (Croatia)

  Latin: Okeanija f, Oceanija (sh) f (Croatia)

• Silesian: Uoceańijo f
• Sinhalese: ඕසියානාව (ōsiyānāwa)
• Slovak: Oceánia f
• Slovene: Oceanija f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Oceanija f

• Spanish: Oceanía (es) f
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: Oceanien (sv)
• Tagalog: Karagatanan
• Tajik: Уқёнусия (tg) (Uqyonusiya)
• Tamil: ஓசியானியா (ōciyāṉiyā)
• Telugu: ఓషియానియా (te) (ōṣiyāniyā)
• Tetum: Oseánia
• Thai: โอเชียเนีย (oo-chiia-niia)
• Tibetan: རྒྱ་མཚོ་ཆེན་པོའི་གླིང་ཆེན (rgya mtsho chen po'i gling chen)
• Turkish: Okyanusya (tr)
• Turkmen: Okeaniýa
• Ukrainian: Океа́нія f (Okeánija)
• Uyghur: ئوكيانىيە (okyaniye)
• Uzbek: Okeaniya (uz)
• Veps: Valdmerimad
• Vietnamese: Châu Đại Dương (洲大洋), Châu Úc (洲澳), Úc Châu (澳洲)
• Võro: Okõaania
• Votic: please add this translation if you can
• Wolof: Oseyaani
• Yiddish: אָקעאַניע (okeanye)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [u.se̞.əˈni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.se.əˈni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.se.əˈni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [o.se.aˈni.a]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Proper noun

Oceania f

1. Oceania (a continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.)

Related terms

• oceànic

See also

continents: continentsedit

• Àfrica
• Amèrica
  • Amèrica del Nord, Nord-amèrica
  • Amèrica del Sud, Sud-amèrica
• Antàrtida
• Àsia
• Europa
• Oceania

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Oceania f

1. Oceania (a continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.)

Derived terms

• oceaniano

Related terms

• oceano

See also

continents: continentiedit

• Africa
• America
  • America meridionale
  • America settentrionale
• Antartide
• Asia
• Europa
• Oceania

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [oː.keˈa.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.t͡ʃeˈaː.ni.a]

Proper noun

Ōceania f sg (genitive Ōceaniae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Oceania (a continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ōceania
genitive	Ōceaniae
dative	Ōceaniae
accusative	Ōceaniam
ablative	Ōceaniā
vocative	Ōceania

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.t͡sɛˈaɲ.ja/

• Audio:

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

Proper noun

Oceania f

1. Oceania (a continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.)

Declension

Declension of Oceania

	singular
nominative	Oceania
genitive	Oceanii
dative	Oceanii
accusative	Oceanię
instrumental	Oceanią
locative	Oceanii
vocative	Oceanio

See also

continents: kontynentyedit

• Afryka
• Ameryka
  • Ameryka Południowa
  • Ameryka Północna
• Antarktyda
• Azja
• Europa
• Oceania

Further reading

• “Oceania”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Oceânia

Etymology

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Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós)

Ancient Greek ὠκεᾰνός (ōkeănós)bor.

Latin ōceanuslbor.

French océan

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Old French -ie

Middle French -ie

French -ie

French Océaniebor.

Portuguese Oceania

Borrowed from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.si.aˈni.ɐ/, (faster) /o.sjaˈni.ɐ/, /o.se.aˈni.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.sjɐˈni.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Oceania f (demonym oceânico or oceaniano)

1. Oceania (a continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.)

Usage notes

• The form Oceania is almost the only form used in Brazil, while both coexist in Portugal.

See also

continents: continentesedit

• África
• América, Américas
  • América Central
  • América do Norte
  • América do Sul
• Antártida ~ Antártica
• Ásia
• Europa
• Oceania (Brazil and sometimes Portugal) ~ Oceânia (Portugal)

countries in Oceania: países da Oceania (appendix)edit

• Austrália
• Fiji
• Ilhas Cook
• Ilhas Marshall
• Ilhas Salomão
• Kiribati ~ Quiribati
• Micronésia
• Nauru
• Niue ~ Niuê
• Nova Zelândia
• Palau
• Papua-Nova Guiné
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

Romanian

Etymology

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Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós)

Ancient Greek ὠκεᾰνός (ōkeănós)bor.

Latin ōceanuslbor.

French océan

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Old French -ie

Middle French -ie

French -ie

French Océaniebor.

Romanian Oceania

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o.tʃe̯a.ni.a]

Proper noun

Oceania f

1. Oceania (a continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.)

Declension

	singular
	definite
nominative-accusative	Oceania
genitive-dative	Oceaniei

Welsh

Etymology

Internationalism, see English Oceania.

Proper noun

Oceania f

1. Oceania (a continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.)

   Synonym: Ynysoedd y De

See also

continents: cyfandiroeddedit

• Affrica
• Antarctica
• Asia
• Ewrop
• Oceania, Ynysoedd y De
• yr Amerig
  • De America
  • Gogledd America
    • Canolbarth America

countries in Oceania: gwledydd Oceania (Ynysoedd y De) (appendix)edit

• Awstralia
• Ciribati
• Fanwatw
• Ffiji
• Micronesia
• Nawrw
• Niue
• Palaw
• Papwa Gini Newydd
• Samoa
• Seland Newydd
• Tonga
• Twfalw
• Ynysoedd Cook
• Ynysoedd Marshall
• Ynysoedd Solomon