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Austronesia
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English
Etymology
en Austronesian (from en en la austro- southern + en grc νῆσος island -ia place).
Pronunciation
en /ˌɒs.tɹəˈniː.ʒə/
Proper noun
Those areas of the world, mostly in Southeast Asia and the Pacific but also including Madagascar, that are inhabited by speakers of Austronesian languages.
Meronyms
Maritime Southeast Asia
en Melanesia
en Micronesia
en Polynesia
Related terms
en Austronesian
Translations
group of islands
Arabic: ar أُسْتْرُونِيزِيَا
Catalan: ca Austronèsia f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 南島 naam4 dou2
Hokkien: nan-hbl 南島 Lâm-tó
Mandarin: cmn 南島 Nándǎo
Finnish: fi Austronesia
French: fr Austronésie
Georgian: ka ავსტრონეზია
Indonesian: id Austronesia
Irish: ga an Astrainéis f
Japanese: ja オーストロネシア Ōsutoroneshia
Korean: ko ^오스트로네시아
Malay: ms Austronesia
Persian: fa آسترونزی âstronezi
Portuguese: pt Austronésia
Russian: ru А̀встронези́я
Serbo-Croatian: sh Аустронезија f, sh Austronezija f
Tagalog: tl Awstronesya, tl Austronesya