the islands of the central and southern Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
Also O·ce·an·i·ca[oh-shee-an-i-kuh]. /ˌoʊ ʃiˈæn ɪ kə/.
Wellington, New Zealand Our Oceania pick is the latest city to wholeheartedly embrace the global Brooklyn movement.
Next Stop, Quito: Our Top Cities for 2015|Brandon Presser|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Oceania had to be at war with someone otherwise they would begin to see what the world around them lacked.
Thank Goodness We’ve Got A Plan! Let the War Begin!|Michael Carson|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In works such as “Oceania,” featuring cut-outs birds, fish, coral and leaves, the walls of his apartment became the canvas itself.
This Summer, Get Thee To London For The RSC’s Henry IV|Emma Woolf|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of those, 61 are European, 19 are Latin American, 14 are North American, 11 are African, 11 are Asian, and one comes from Oceania.
With Pope Benedict XVI’s Retirement, Conclave Rules Prove Unclear|Christopher Dickey|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“You think, I dare say, that our chief job is inventing new words,” says Syme, the Dr. Johnson of Oceania.
Exclusive! The Words That Journalists Overuse|Michael Moynihan|February 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They are found in every sea, but they abound chiefly in the Indian Ocean and Oceania.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier
We need not think of the savage inhabitants of Oceania,—we can see enough of them and to spare in this very place.
The Poor Plutocrats|Maurus Jkai
It is a straggler to Oceania and has not been recorded in the Hawaiian Islands.
The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3|Rollin H. Baker
When it first escapes from the parent Hydroid stock, the Oceania is almost spherical in form.
Seaside Studies in Natural History|Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz
This flyway is probably the one which supplies to central and eastern Oceania the largest wintering populations of shore birds.
The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3|Rollin H. Baker
British Dictionary definitions for Oceania
Oceania
/ (ˌəʊʃɪˈɑːnɪə) /
noun
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia: sometimes also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago