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Oseania
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Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi fr Océanie.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Oceania Q538
Declension
sg Oseani a
Derived terms
fi oseanialainen
Anagrams
fi aaeinos aineosa
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
id, id nl Oceanië 1 or id la-new Oceania, from id fr Océanie.
Pronunciation
O.sé.a.ni.a
Proper noun
id Oceania Q538
Related terms
id osean
See also
Further reading
Japanese
Romanization
オセアニア
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
se
Proper noun
se proper noun
se:
se Oceania Q538
Norwegian Bokmål
Oceania,no:Oseania
thumb|Oceania on a globe.
Etymology
nb fr Océanie, from fr océan ocean + fr -ie place-name-forming suffix. The French geographical name was introduced around 1812 by the Danish-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun. French fr océan Océan ocean is ultimately from nb la ōceanus ocean, from nb grc ὠκεανός ōkeanós ocean.
Compare da Oceanien, sv Oceanien, de Ozeanien, nl Oceanië and en Oceania.
Pronunciation
nb /u.seˈɑː.nɪ.a/
nb ɑːnɪa 5
nb O se a ni a
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Oceania; nb continent comprising Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific island regions of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
nb Fiji ligger i Oseania. Fiji is in Oceania.
nb 1999 Jostein Gaarder Maya 68 jeg spente opp det brede lerretet og brettet ut om miljøødeleggelsene i Oseania, om biodiversitet og om menneskelige rettigheter versus menneskelige forpliktelser I stretched out the broad canvas and held forth on environmental destruction in Oceania, biodiversity, and human rights versus human obligations.
Usage notes
In Norwegian geographical usage, nb Oseania is the name of the continent or continental region comprising nb Australia, nb New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. nb Australia refers to the country and the Australian continental landmass, not normally to Oseania as a whole.
Derived terms
nb oseanisk Oceanian, relating to Oceania
See also
References
“Oseania” in Store norske leksikon.
“Australia” in Store norske leksikon.
biodiversitet
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Oceania Q538