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adj
From or relating to Oceania (geographical region or continent).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
From or relating to the fictional nation of Oceania in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: literary criticism
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noun
Someone from Oceania (geographical region or continent).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Someone from the fictional nation of Oceania in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: literary criticism
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History
From Oceania + -an. (nation): This term is not used in the novel itself.
Across languages
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