Oceania
Syllables: O·ce·a·niaUK/ˌəʊ.ʃiˈɑː.nɪə//ˌoʊ.ʃiˈæn.i.ə/
Oceania proper noun: a continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
Proper noun
Oceania
- A continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
- That region plus in some definitions Australia and the Malay Archipelago.
Oceania meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Oceania in Hindi
- geographical region
- ओशिआनिया ośiāniyā
Oceania in Tamil
- geographical region
- ஓசியானியா ōciyāṉiyā
Oceania in Marathi
- geographical region
- ओशनिया ośniyā
Oceania in Bengali
- geographical region
- ওশেনিয়া ōśeniẏa
More languagesFewer languages
- Oceania in Telugu
- ఓషియానియా ōṣiyāniyā
- Oceania in Odia
- ଓସେନିଆ oseniā
- Oceania in Sinhala
- ඕසියානාව ōsiyānāwa
- Oceania in Assamese
- ওচেনিয়া üsenia
- Oceania in Pashto
- اوقيانوسيه oqeyānosyá
- Oceania in Tagalog
- Karagatanan
- Oceania in Arabic
- أُوقِيَانُوسِيَا ʔuqiyānusiyā
- Oceania in Malay
- Oseania
- Oceania in Indonesian
- Oseania
- Oceania in Thai
- โอเชียเนีย oo-chiia-niia
- Oceania in Vietnamese
- Châu Đại Dương, Châu Úc, Úc Châu
- Oceania in Myanmar
- အိုရှန်းနီးယား uihran:ni:ya:
Synonyms of Oceania
Origin of 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.
Words formed from Oceania
Phrases with Oceania
Questions about Oceania
- What does Oceania mean?
- Oceania means a continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
- What is Oceania in Hindi?
- Oceania in Hindi is ओशिआनिया (ośiāniyā). See Oceania meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Oceania?
- Oceania is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Oceania?
- Oceania is pronounced /ˌəʊ.ʃiˈɑː.nɪə/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Oceania (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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