Melanesia

melanesia Melanésia English Etymology en :bor fr:Mélanésie 1 From en fr Mélanésie (coined by Jules Dumont d'Urville), from en grc μέλας dark + grc νῆσος island, referring to the skin color of the inhabitants. Pronunciation en /ˌmɛl.əˈniː.zi.ə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Melanesia.wav Southern England en /ˌmɛl.əˈni.ʒə/ GA en GA en iːʒə 4 en Mel a ne sia Proper noun en Q37394en A <<continental region>> of <<cont/Oceania>>, consisting of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. en My job, then, is that of a cultural and religious broker of sorts, co-opting Melanesia to serve as a stimulus to thought in Le Moyne classrooms. 315 Thinking and teaching with the indigenous traditions of Melanesia Beyond primitivism: indigenous religious traditions and modernity Mary N. MacDonald Routledge 2004 041527320X Holonyms en Austronesia en Oceania Coordinate terms en Micronesia en Polynesia Derived terms en Melanesian Related terms en Melanie Translations part of Oceania Afrikaans: af Melanesië Albanian: sq Melanesia f Amharic: am መላኔዥያ Arabic: ar مِيلَانِيزِيَا f Armenian: hy Մելանեզիա Azerbaijani: az Melaneziya Belarusian: be Мелане́зія f, be Мэланэ́зія f Bulgarian: bg Мелане́зия f Burmese: my မီလန်နီးရှား Catalan: ca Melanèsia f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 美拉尼西亞 Měilāníxīyà Czech: cs Melanésie f Danish: da Melanesien n Dutch: nl Melanesië n Esperanto: eo Melanezio Estonian: et Melaneesia Finnish: fi Melanesia French: fr Mélanésie f Georgian: ka მელანეზია German: de Melanesien n Greek: el Μελανησία f Hebrew: he מֶלַנֶזיה f melanézya Hindi: hi मॅलानिशिया m Hungarian: hu Melanézia Icelandic: is Melanesía Indonesian: id Melenasia Irish: ga Meilinéis f an Mheilinéis Italian: it Melanesia f Japanese: ja メラネシア Meraneshia Kazakh: kk Меланезия Korean: ko ^멜라네시아 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Melanezya Kyrgyz: ky Меланезия Lao: lo ເມລາເນຊີ Latvian: lv Melanēzija f Lithuanian: lt Melanezija f Macedonian: mk Меланезија f Malay: ms Melanesia Māori: mi Meranihia Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Меланези Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Melanesia Nynorsk: nn Melanesia Persian: fa ملانزی melânezi Polish: pl Melanezja f Portuguese: pt Melanésia f Romanian: ro Melanezia Russian: ru Мелане́зия f Melanɛ́zija Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мела̀не̄зија f Latin: sh Melànēzija f Slovak: sk Melanézia f Slovene: sl Melanezija f Spanish: es Melanesia f Swedish: sv Melanesien n Tagalog: tl Timpuluan, tl Melanesya Tajik: tg Меланезия Tatar: tt Меланезия Thai: th เมลานีเซีย Turkish: tr Melanezya Turkmen: tk Melaneziýa Ukrainian: uk Мелане́зія f Urdu: ur میلانیشیا m melāniśiyā Uyghur: ug مېلانېزىيە Uzbek: uz Melaneziya Vietnamese: vi Mê-la-nê-di Volapük: vo Bläga-Seanuäns Yiddish: yi מעלאַנעזיע n en terms suffixed with -ia (place) Latin la: Proper noun Melānēsia<1.loc> la New Latin la Melanesia Q37394 Declension Melānēsia<1.loc> Norwegian Bokmål no: Etymology From nb grc -, see en Melanesia. Proper noun nb proper noun nb Melanesia Q37394 Derived terms nb melanesisk Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology From nn grc -, see en Melanesia. Proper noun nn proper noun nn Melanesia Q37394 Derived terms nn melanesisk