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 Word Forms

• Oce·ani·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

Teams in North America, Asia, Africa and Auckland City, the only club from Oceania, will get even less.

From BBC

Hawaiian Airlines announced in September that it would offer free Starlink connections to all travelers on Airbus-operated flights between the islands and the United States, Asia and Oceania.

From Los Angeles Times

That meant that under its rotation policy, only bids from Asia and Oceania were considered for 2034.

From BBC

Six places are awarded to South American clubs, and one to Oceania.

From BBC

She went on to lead a study examining the relationship between climate change and conflict, including civil war, which has identified that South America, Oceania, and Southeast Asia are understudied regions.

From Science Daily