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Melanesia
:
NOUN
location
Melanesia
the
islands
in the southwestern part of
Oceania
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Melanesia
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Meaning
The
islands
in the southwestern part of
Oceania
.
Category of
cargo cult
(Melanesia) the followers of one of several
millenarian
cults that believe
salvation
will come in the
form
of
wealth
('
cargo
') brought by
westerners
Instance of
archipelago
A
group
of many
islands
in a
large
body of water
Part of
Austronesia
islands
of
central
and
South Pacific
(
Indonesia
and
Melanesia
and
Micronesia
and
Polynesia
)
Oceania
,
Oceanica
A
large
group
of
islands
in the
south Pacific
including
Melanesia
and
Micronesia
and
Polynesia
(and
sometimes
Australasia
and the
Malay Archipelago
)
Parts
Bismarck Archipelago
A
group
of
islands
in the southwestern
Pacific
to the
northeast
of
New Guinea
Fiji Islands
,
Fijis
A
group
of more than 800
islands
(100
inhabited
) in the southwestern
Pacific
New Caledonia
An
island
to the to the
east
of
Australia
and to the north of
New Zealand
Solomons
,
Solomon Islands
The
northernmost
islands
are part of
Papua New Guinea
Vanuatu
,
Republic of Vanuatu
,
New Hebrides
A
volcanic
island
republic
in
Melanesia
Spanish
Melanesia
Catalan
Melanèsia
Adjectives
Melanesian
of or
relating
to
Melanesia
or its people or
culture
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