Meaning | The islands in the southwestern part of Oceania. |
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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 |
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Instance of | archipelago | A group of many islands in a large body of water |
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Part of | Austronesia | islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Catalan | Melanèsia |
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Adjectives | Melanesian | of or relating to Melanesia or its people or culture |
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