What is another word for oceania?

Pronunciation: [ˈə͡ʊʃənˌi͡ə] (IPA)

Oceania is a geographic region comprising thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is sometimes called the South Pacific or simply Pacific Islands. Other synonyms for Oceania include the Pacific Rim, the Pacific Basin, the Polynesian Triangle, and the Australasian region. These terms reflect the varied cultural and geographical areas within Oceania. The Polynesian Triangle includes Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island and is characterized by its unique cultural traditions. The Australasian region comprises Australia, New Zealand, and nearby islands and is known for its diverse wildlife. The Pacific Rim encompasses countries with coastlines along the Pacific Ocean, including Japan, China, and the United States.

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What are the hypernyms for Oceania?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the holonyms for Oceania?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

What are the meronyms for Oceania?

Meronyms are words that refer to a part of something, where the whole is denoted by another word.

Usage examples for Oceania

For the last fifty years, the final establishment of the great Asiatic-American-European confederacy, and its indisputable supremacy over what was still left, here and there, in oceania and central Africa of barbarous tribes incapable of assimilation, had habituated all the nations, now converted into provinces, to the delights of universal and henceforth inviolable peace.
"Underground Man"
Gabriel Tarde
First of all it was Proudhon with his audacious writings, and afterwards the work was completed by some "militantes" who were working in the same printing office as himself-old soldiers of the Commune, who had lately returned from their exile in the prisons of oceania, and were renewing their campaign against social organisation with an ardour increased tenfold by their painful sufferings and their desire of vengeance.
"The Shadow of the Cathedral"
Vicente Blasco Ibañez
One is further convinced of an extensive early movement of the primitive Malayan from its pristine nest by the presence of institutions similar to the pa-ba-fu'-nan and fa'-wi over a vast territory of the Asiatic mainland as well as the Asiatic Islands and oceania.
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks

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