English

Regions within Oceania.

Proper noun

Oceania

1. A geographical region 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 technically not 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:

Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include:

Related terms

• Oceanic
• Oceanian
• Oceanianist
• ocean

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Oceania

Catalan

Proper noun

Oceania f

1. Oceania

See also

• (continents) continent; Àfrica,‎ Antàrtida,‎ Àsia,‎ Oceania,‎ Europa,‎ Amèrica del Nord/‎Nord-amèrica,‎ Amèrica del Sud/‎Sud-amèrica ^{(Category: ca:Continents) [edit]}

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from French Océanie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.t͡ʃeˈa.nja/, [ot͡ʃeˈäːn̺jä]
• Stress: Oceània
• Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧nia

Proper noun

Oceania f

1. Oceania

Derived terms

• oceaniano

Related terms

• oceano

See also

• (continents) continente; Africa, America meridionale, America settentrionale, Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania ^{(Category: it:Continents)}

Latin

Proper noun

Oceania f ‎(genitive Oceaniae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Oceania

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔt͡s̪ɛˈaɲja/

Proper noun

Oceania f

1. Oceania

Declension

Portuguese

Proper noun

Oceania f

1. Alternative form of Oceânia

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o.tʃe̯a.ni.a]

Proper noun

Oceania f

1. Oceania

Declension