单词 | oceanian |
释义 | Oceaniann.adj. A. n. A native or inhabitant of Oceania; spec. a Polynesian. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian > [noun] Polynesian1807 Alfur1814 Oceanian1822 Tikopian1832 kanaka1840 Alfurian1842 Melanesian1845 Cook Islander1888 Micronesian1900 Pasifika1997 1822 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. III. liii. 398 The fifth part of the world thus determined is found to be situated in the Great Ocean... It will be called Oceanica, and its inhabitants the Oceanians [Fr. Océaniens]. 1831 Westm. Rev. Jan. 19 The Oceanians are..superior in beauty of form and features, to the other races inhabiting the South Sea islands. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. iv. 26 The Malays or Oceanians. 1937 R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory vi. 57 It is hard to understand how Morgan could have missed the social strata of the caste-ridden Oceanians. B. adj. Of or relating to Oceania; = oceanic adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Pacific Islands > [adjective] > relating to Pacific islands and adjacent seas Oceanian1822 oceanic1822 the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [adjective] > Pacific Ocean Pacific1772 Oceanian1822 1822 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. III. liii. 399 This central portion of Oceanica..includes the countries least known, and the most numerous remains of the Oceanian negro race. 1831 Westm. Rev. Jan. 19 Of the various races into which the population of the innumerable islands scattered through the vast extent of the Pacific Ocean have been divided, the first..is that termed by M. Lesson The Oceanian [in Hist. Nat. de l'Homme]. 1872–3 Chambers's Encycl.: Dict. Universal Knowl. for People 444/2 The natives are partly Oceanian negroes, and partly of Malay race. 1989 Antenna 13 155/1 Geographic variation in the incidence of pupal diapause in Asian and Oceanian species of the flesh fly Boettcherisca. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1822 |
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