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AUSTRONESIA
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I. (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)
