AUSTRONESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Austronesia mean? 

• AUSTRONESIA (noun)
  The noun AUSTRONESIA has 1 sense:

1. islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)

  Familiarity information: AUSTRONESIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUSTRONESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Austronesia"):

Melanesia (the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania)

Micronesia (the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania)

Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)

Dutch East Indies; Indonesia; Republic of Indonesia (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)

Meronyms (members of "Austronesia"):

Austronesian (a native or inhabitant of Austronesia)

Domain region:

Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)

Holonyms ("Austronesia" is a part of...):

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)

Derivation:

Austronesian (of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture)