Oceania

[ oh-shee-an-ee-uh, -ah-nee-uh ]

noun

1. the islands of the central and southern Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).

Oceania

/ ˌəʊʃɪˈɑːnɪə /

noun

1. the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia: sometimes also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago

Other Words From

• Oce·ani·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

Asked how she qualified for the Paris Games, Gunn paused before stating matter-of-factly, “I won the Oceania championships,” referring to the qualifying competition held last fall in Sydney.

From Los Angeles Times

"Today I begin an Apostolic Journey to several countries in Asia and Oceania," he wrote on X on Monday.

From BBC

In a series of statements, AUSBreaking stressed that judges were “trained to uphold the highest standards of impartiality” and that not a single person on the nine-person panel for the Oceania qualifiers was Australian.

From BBC

"No one had ever considered that the Indigenous people of Oceania have a connection and relationship to what they’re calling the high seas."

From Salon

In Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Party manipulates people’s perception of reality, so that citizens of Oceania believe that "war is peace" and "ignorance is strength".

From BBC