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Oceania (continent) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 18 30 36 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -18.5102 decimal degrees |
| Long: 139 22 01 E degrees minutes |
Long: 139.3671 decimal degrees |
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Note: Oceania comprises islands scattered throughout the Pacific Ocean (generally excluding Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines), but including Australia. The area was home to Pleistocene cultures from 70,000 BCE, though now many sites lie under water. It was apparently colonized by people from Asia and Europe, although the origins of the early inhabitants of Australia is uncertain. The term may sometimes be used as a synonym for "Pacific Islands," although this term more often refers to a smaller set of islands, excluding Australia. |
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| Oceania (preferred,C,O,English-P)
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| Oceania (Italian)
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| Oceania (Indonesian)
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| Oceania (Welsh)
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| Oceania (Polish)
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| Oceania (Portuguese)
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| Oceania (Catalan)
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| Oceanica (C,O)
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| Océanie (C,O,French)
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| Oceanic (C,V,English,U,A)
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| אוקיאניה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| an Aigéine (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Châu Đại Dương (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Eyjaálfa (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Óceánia (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Oceanía (C,U,O,Spanish)
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| Oceánia (C,U,Slovak)
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| Oceánie (C,U,Czech)
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| Oceanië (C,U,Dutch)
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| Oceanien (C,U,Swedish)
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| Oceanien (Danish)
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| Oceanio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Okeaania (C,U,Estonian)
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| Okeanija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Okeānija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Okyanusya (C,U,Turkish)
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| Oseania (C,U,Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Oseania (Norwegian)
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| Oseania (Northern Sami)
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| Oseania (Finnish)
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| Ozeanien (C,U,German)
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| Ωκεανία (C,U,Greek)
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| Океания (C,U,Russian)
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| Океания (Bulgarian)
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| オセアニア (C,U,Japanese)
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| أوقيانوسيا (C,U,Arabic)
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| 大洋洲 (C,U,Chinese)
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| ओशीनिया (C,U,Hindi)
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| Океанія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| โอเชียเนีย (C,U,Thai)
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| 오세아니아 (C,U,Korean)
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Place Types: |
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| continent (preferred, C) |
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| general region (C) |
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in TGN, "Oceania" is used to collocate and organize Australia and other smaller islands, serving the purpose of the "continents" in other parts of the globe |
| area (C) |
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| continents (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| distinguished from .... |
Pacific Islands .......... (general region) |
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(World) [4000123] |
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in some classification schemes, Oceania is a synonym for Pacific Islands |
| distinguished from .... |
South Sea Islands .......... (islands) |
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(World) [7029386] |
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in some classification systems, "Oceania" is considered a synonym for South Sea Islands |
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