Melanesia
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1. Melanesia - Noun
2. Melanesia - Proper noun
Meaning
the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania
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Biogeographical Biogeographically, Oceania is used as a synonym for either the Australasian ecozone ( Wallacea and Australasia ) or the Pacific ecozone (Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia apart either from New Zealand or from mainland New Guinea ).
Includes regions of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Malaysia.
Ridgell, Reilly (1995) Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. 3rd Edition.
The first was Malayo-Polynesian, distributed across the Philippines, Indonesia, and Melanesia.
It has a shared cultural history with two other island regions, Polynesia to the east and Melanesia to the south.
Radio Receivers: 57,000 (1997) In addition to regular broadcast stations, several shortwave utility station networks exist, such as the Church of Melanesia network.