# Oceania
## English
### Etymology

From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from the Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌəʊ.ʃiˈɑː.nɪə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˌoʊ.ʃiˈæn.i.ə/
* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˌɐʉ.ʃiːˈaː.ni.ə/, /-njə/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˌəʉ.ʃiˈaː.ni.ə/, /-njə/
* (Ireland, also) IPA: /ˌoʊʃiˈænə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧nia

### Proper noun

Oceania
* A geographical region or continent 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 not widely classified a continent in anglophone countries, 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:
* Australia
* East Timor (sometimes included)
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Fiji
* Indonesia (part)
* Kiribati
* Marshall Islands
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include:
* Hawaii (United States)
* American Samoa (United States)
* Easter Island (Chile)
* French Polynesia (France)
* Bonin Islands (Japan)
* Guam (United States)
* Wallis and Futuna (France)
* Northern Mariana Islands (United States)
* New Caledonia (France)

#### Meronyms

* Australasia
* Melanesia
* Micronesia
* Polynesia

#### Related terms

* Oceanic
* Oceanian
* Oceanianist
* ocean

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: オセアニア (Oseania)

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Océanie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [u.se.əˈni.ə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [o.se.əˈni.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [o.se.aˈni.a]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Oceania f
* Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

#### Related terms

* oceànic

#### See also

* Àfrica
* Amèrica
** Amèrica del Nord, Nord-amèrica
** Amèrica del Sud, Sud-amèrica
* Antàrtida
* Àsia
* Europa
* Oceania

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Océanie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o.t͡ʃeˈa.nja/
* Rhymes: -anja
* Hyphenation: O‧ce‧à‧nia

### Proper noun

Oceania f
* Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

#### Derived terms

* oceaniano

#### Related terms

* oceano

### See also

* Africa
* America
** America meridionale
** America settentrionale
* Antartide
* Asia
* Europa
* Oceania

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /oː.keˈa.ni.a/, [oːkeˈäniä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /o.t͡ʃeˈa.ni.a/, [ot͡ʃeˈäːniä]

### Proper noun

Ōceania f sg (genitive Ōceaniae); first declension
* (New Latin) Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.t͡sɛˈaɲ.ja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɲja
* Syllabification: O‧ce‧an‧ia

### Proper noun

Oceania f
* Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

#### Declension
### See also

* Afryka
* Ameryka
** Ameryka Południowa
** Ameryka Północna
* Antarktyda
* Azja
* Europa
* Oceania

### Further reading

* Oceania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Oceânia

### Etymology

Borrowed from French Océanie.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /o.si.aˈni.ɐ/ [o.sɪ.aˈni.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.sjaˈni.ɐ/, /o.se.aˈni.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /o.si.aˈni.ɐ/ [o.sɪ.aˈni.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.sjaˈni.ɐ/, /o.se.aˈni.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /o.se.aˈni.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.sjɐˈni.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -iɐ
* Hyphenation: O‧ce‧a‧ni‧a

### Proper noun

Oceania f
* Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

#### Usage notes

* The form Oceania is almost the only form used in Brazil, while both coexist in Portugal.

#### Related terms

* oceaniano
* oceânico

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Océanie. By surface analysis, ocean +‎ -ia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [o.tʃe̯a.ni.a]

### Proper noun

Oceania f
* Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)

#### Declension

| gender f | uncountable |
| Nom/Acc | Oceania |
| Gen/Dat | Oceaniei |

## Welsh
### Etymology

Internationalism, see English Oceania.

### Proper noun

Oceania f
* Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)
    Synonym: Ynysoedd y De

### See also

* Affrica
* Antarctica
* Asia
* Ewrop
* Oceania, Ynysoedd y De
* yr Amerig
** De America
** Gogledd America
*** Canolbarth America
* (countries of Oceania) gwledydd Oceania (Ynysoedd y De); Awstralia, Ffiji, Ciribati, Fanwatw, Micronesia, Nawrw, Niue, Palaw, Papwa Gini Newydd, Samoa, Seland Newydd, Tonga, Twfalw, Ynysoedd Cook, Ynysoedd Marshall, Ynysoedd Solomon