Oceania n 1: a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago) [syn: {Oceania}, {Oceanica}]
Oceania \Oceania\ prop. n. A large group of islands in the south Pacific sometimes including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago. Syn: Oceanica. [WordNet 1.5]