Proper nounSingular Oceania Plural - Oceania
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Oceania (sometimes Oceanica) is a geographical, and often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term "Oceania" was coined in 1831 by French explorer Dumont d'Urville. The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands, and is one of eight terrestrial ecozones. The boundaries of Oceania are defined in a number of ways. Most definitions include Australia, New Zealand and all or part of the Malay Archipelago. Ethnologically, the islands that are included in Oceania are divided into the subregions of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Social and environmental costs of tourism in Australia and Oceania more important than economic benefits? Q. How might it be argued that the social and environmental costs of tourism are even more important than the economic benefits in Australia and Oceania? Asked by AW - Wed Apr 21 22:15:57 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. it should be argued very emotionally and passionately, since there are no logical arguments. Answered by Bored Goblin - Wed Apr 21 22:35:57 2010 Why do people say Oceania is a continent when it isn't? Q. Fact Australia is a Continent and country. Fact Australia is part of a region called Oceania. So why do some Atlas's claim Australia is part of the Oceania Continent. WHY? Do you think NZ should be classed a continent.? Asked by bebaa - Mon Feb 2 08:50:38 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. This occurs because the definition of a continent is somewhat arbitrary. The general Western convention is that there are seven continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. However, geographically speaking, Europe is essentially a peninsula extending off of Asia, so Eurasia could be considered one continent. Or Africa with Eurasia could be seen as one continent, with the Americas together as a single continent as well. Oceania is sometimes regarded as a continent that includes Australia, rather than Australia as a standalone continent, because many Pacific islands are connected to Australia by plate tectonics or ocean currents. For example, New Zealand and New Guinea are not part of the… [cont.] Answered by DavidK93 - Mon Feb 2 08:55:44 2009 Why do people refer to Australia, Indonesia, and New Zealand as Oceania?
Q. Oceania is not a continent, because Indonesia is part of Asia and New Zealand is part of Australia (at least I think so). Asked by Miss Shelley =) - Tue Jul 21 15:17:03 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Oceania is not a continent but a REGION. So Oceania (when referring to it as a region- consists of the continent of Australia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, New Guinea, and New Zealand. e.g. Hawaii is not part of the continent of North America, but is included in the REGION of North America. Geography is meant to be confusing Answered by scat - Tue Jul 21 19:54:53 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "oceania"  allheadlinenews.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:57:04 GMT+00:00 AHN | All Headline News The list was dominated by European banks, which numbered 30, followed by US and Canadian banks with 10, Oceania banks at five, Asian banks with three and ...  montrealgazette.com Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:23:34 GMT+00:00 Montreal Gazette Disney, with its first new ship since Disney Wonder in 1999, will introduce the Disney Dream, and deluxe brand Oceania will launch its largest ship, ...  kcchronicle.com Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:40:28 GMT+00:00 Kane County Chronicle (blog) Adriana Barraza of Mexico rounded out the Americas 1 quartet, which finished behind Europe 1 and Oceania 1. Europe and Oceania athletes passed Diaz as he ... Europe benefit from America's mistake to take triathlon gold at YOG People's Daily Online From Google News Search: "oceania" From Yahoo Image Search: "oceania"  islandsbusiness.com unknown Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:15:10 GM The National Beach soccer train-on squad will be inviting officials from the . Oceania. Football Federation (OFC) to assist them in selecting the final Bilikiki squad this month. Wed, 4 Aug 2010. HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Solomon star) ... From Google Blog Search: "oceania"  espanol.video.yahoo.com Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:20:24 PDT romanotravelonline.com Video from a trip to Virginia's Sandbridge Beach. Brought to you by the Travel Agents of RomanoTravelOnline.com. Real ... espanol.video.yahoo.com. From Google Video Search: "oceania" |
