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ocean trip |
oceanaut |
oceanfront |
oceangoing |
oceania
| oceanic
| oceanic abyss
| oceanic bird
| oceanic bonito
| oceanic whitetip shark
oceania
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun oceania has 1 sense
- oceania(n = noun.location) oceanica - a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago); Array has parts: melanesia, micronesia, polynesia
is a kind of archipelago
is a part of pacific, pacific ocean
CIDE DICTIONARY
oceania, prop. n.
A large group of islands in the south Pacific sometimes including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
oceania, n. the islands of the Pacific and adjacent seas.
Derivative
Oceanian adj. & n.
Etymology
mod.L f. F Oc{eacute}anie f. L (as OCEAN)
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