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語源

From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from océan (“ocean”) + -ie, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”). By surface analysis, ocean +‎ -ia.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌəʊ.ʃiˈɑː.nɪə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌoʊ.ʃiˈæn.i.ə/, /-ˈæn.jə/, (sometimes) /-ˈæn.ə/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˌɐʉ.ʃiːˈaː.ni.ə/, /-njə/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˌəʉ.ʃiˈaː.ni.ə/, /-njə/
• (Ireland, also) IPA: /ˌoʊʃiˈænə/ (Can we verify this pronunciation?)
• ハイフネーション: O‧ce‧a‧nia

固有名詞

Oceania

1. A continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, plus in some definitions Australia and the Malay Archipelago.

使用する際の注意点

Despite the fact that Oceania is not widely considered a continent in anglophone countries, some people use the concept in place of the Australian continent when delimiting the continents of the world, mostly because several Oceanian countries that are located in the open Pacific Ocean would otherwise be unable to be included in a continent.

Oceania contains the following countries:

Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include:

Meronyms

• Australasia
• Melanesia
• Micronesia
• Polynesia

派生語

関連する語

• Oceanic
• Oceanian
• Oceanianist
• ocean

派生した語

• → Japanese: オセアニア (Oseania)

固有名詞

Ōceania f sg (genitive Ōceaniae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Oceania (a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

語形変化

First-declension noun, singular only.