Aus•tro•ne•sia
We found 2 definitions of austronesia from 2 different sources.
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austronesia - islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia) | ||
pacific, pacific ocean the largest ocean in the world | ||
polynesia the islands in the eastern part of Oceania | ||
melanesia the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania | ||
micronesia the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania | ||
polynesia the islands in the eastern part of Oceania | ||
dutch east indies, indonesia, republic of indonesia a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions |