name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌəʊ.ʃiˈɑː.nɪə/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌəʊ.siˈɑː.nɪə/
General-American:/ˌoʊ.ʃiˈæn.i.ə/
General-American:/-ˈæn.jə/
General-American, sometimes:/-ˈæn.ə/
New-Zealand:/ˌɐʉ.ʃiːˈaː.ni.ə/
New-Zealand:/-njə/
Australian:/ˌəʉ.ʃiˈaː.ni.ə/
Australian:/-njə/
Ireland, also:/ˌoʊʃiˈænə/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A continental region composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, plus in some definitions Australia and the Malay Archipelago.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Oceanica
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: archipelago
History
Etymology
From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from océan (“ocean”) + -ie, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”). By surface analysis, ocean + -ia.
Across languages
Translations
100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Oseanië
— geographical region
Albanian:
Oqeani
— geographical region
Amharic:
ኦሺያኒያ
(ʾošiyaniya)
— geographical region
Arabic:
أُوقِيَانُوسِيَا
(ʔuqiyānusiyā)
— geographical region
Arabic:
أوقيانوسيا
(ʔogyanūsya)
— geographical region
Armenian:
Օվկիանիա
(Ōvkiania)
— geographical region
Assamese:
ওচেনিয়া
(üsenia)
— geographical region
Azerbaijani:
Okeaniya
— geographical region
Basque:
Ozeania
— geographical region
Belarusian:
Акія́нія
(Akijánija)
— geographical region
Bengali:
ওশেনিয়া
(ōśeniẏa)
— geographical region
Bulgarian:
Океа́ния
(Okeánija)
— geographical region
Burmese:
အိုရှန်းနီးယား
(uihran:ni:ya:)
— geographical region
Carpathian Rusyn:
Океа́нія
(Okeánija)
— geographical region
Catalan:
Oceania
— geographical region
Chinese Mandarin:
大洋洲
(Dàyángzhōu)
— geographical region
Chinese Mandarin:
海洋洲
(Hǎiyángzhōu)
— geographical region
Czech:
Oceánie
— geographical region
Danish:
Oceanien
— geographical region
Dutch:
Oceanië
— geographical region
Esperanto:
Oceanio
— geographical region
Estonian:
Okeaania
— geographical region
Faroese:
Osiania
— geographical region
Fiji Hindi:
Oceania
— geographical region
Finnish:
Oseania
— geographical region
French:
Océanie
— geographical region
Friulian:
Oceanie
— geographical region
Galician:
Oceanía
— geographical region
Georgian:
ოკეანეთი
(oḳeaneti)
— geographical region
German:
Ozeanien
— geographical region
Greek:
Ωκεανία
(Okeanía)
— geographical region
Hebrew:
אוקיאניה
(okiánia)
— geographical region
Hindi:
ओशिआनिया
(ośiāniyā)
— geographical region
Hungarian:
Óceánia
— geographical region
Icelandic:
Eyjaálfa
— geographical region
Indonesian:
Oseania
— geographical region
Irish:
an Aigéine
— geographical region
Italian:
Oceania
— geographical region
Japanese:
オセアニア
(Oseania)
— geographical region
Japanese:
大洋州
(Taiyōshū)
— geographical region
Kazakh:
Океания
(Okeaniä)
— geographical region
Khmer:
អូសេអានី
(ʼouseeʼaanii)
— geographical region
Korean:
오세아니아
(Oseania)
— geographical region
Korean:
대양주
(daeyangju)
— geographical region
Korean:
오세안주
— geographical region
Kyrgyz:
Океания
(Okeaniya)
— geographical region
Ladino:
Oseania
— geographical region
Lao:
ໂອເຊອານີ
(ʼō nī)
— geographical region
Latin:
Oceania
— geographical region
Latvian:
Okeānija
— geographical region
Lithuanian:
Okeanija
— geographical region
Macedonian:
Океанија
(Okeanija)
— geographical region
Malay:
Oseania
— geographical region
Maltese:
L-Oċeanja
— geographical region
Marathi:
ओशनिया
(ośniyā)
— geographical region
Norman:
Ochéannie
— geographical region
Norwegian Bokmål:
Oseania
— geographical region
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Oseania
— geographical region
Occitan:
Oceania
— geographical region
Odia:
ଓସେନିଆ
(oseniā)
— geographical region
Pashto:
اوقيانوسيه
(oqeyānosyá)
— geographical region
Dari:
اُقْیَانُوسِیَه
(uqyānūsiya)
— geographical region
Iranian Persian:
اُقْیَانُوسِیَه
(oġyânowsiya)
— geographical region
Polish:
Oceania
— geographical region
Portuguese:
Oceania
— geographical region
Portuguese:
Oceânia
— geographical region
Romanian:
Oceania
— geographical region
Russian:
Океа́ния
(Okeánija)
— geographical region
Northern Sami:
Oseania
— geographical region
Scots:
Oceanie
— geographical region
Serbo-Croatian:
Океанија
— geographical region
Serbo-Croatian:
Оцеанија
— geographical region
Serbo-Croatian:
Okeanija
— geographical region
Serbo-Croatian:
Oceanija
— geographical region
Silesian:
Uoceańijo
— geographical region
Sinhalese:
ඕසියානාව
(ōsiyānāwa)
— geographical region
Slovak:
Oceánia
— geographical region
Slovene:
Oceanija
— geographical region
Lower Sorbian:
Oceanija
— geographical region
Spanish:
Oceanía
— geographical region
Swedish:
Oceanien
— geographical region
Tagalog:
Karagatanan
— geographical region
Tajik:
Уқёнусия
(Uqyonusiya)
— geographical region
Tamil:
ஓசியானியா
(ōciyāṉiyā)
— geographical region
Telugu:
ఓషియానియా
(ōṣiyāniyā)
— geographical region
Tetum:
Oseánia
— geographical region
Thai:
โอเชียเนีย
(oo-chiia-niia)
— geographical region
