Definition of melanesia Melanesia
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What does melanesia mean?
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| melanesia - the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania | ||
| austronesia islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia) | ||
| oceania, oceanica a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago) | ||
| fiji islands fijis | ||
| bismarck archipelago a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea | ||
| new caledonia an island to the to the east of Australia and to the north of New Zealand | ||
| solomons, solomon islands the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth | ||
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Melanesia is a region of islands in Oceania.
It stretches from the Western Side of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, to the Arafura Sea, northeast of Australia. Its name means "black islands".
Some of the islands to the west of New Guinea such as Halmahera, Alor, and Pantar can also be considered to be part of Melanesia, although people in this area do not make use of the term.
Part of speech
🔤- melanesia, noun, singular of melanesias / melanesiae.
