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Oceania  n.  A large group of islands in the south Pacific sometimes including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago.
Synonyms: Oceanica.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... the words for numbers. The number five, for example, among the Aryans and in many other tongues, signifies hand. This is the case in Thibet, in Siam, and cognate languages, in the Indian Archipelago and in the whole of Oceania, in Africa, and in many of the American peoples and tribes, where it is the origin of the decimal system. In Homer we find the verb [Greek: pempazein], to count in fives, and then for counting in general; in Lapland lokket, and in Finland lukea, to count, is derived from lokke, ten; ...
— Myth and Science - An Essay • Tito Vignoli



Words linked to "Oceania" :   Micronesia, French Oceania, Oceanica, Pacific Ocean, Polynesia, archipelago, pacific



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