オセアニア

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Oceania.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

オセアニア • (Oseania) 

  1. Oceania (a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Continents (per se): 六(ろく)大(だい)州(しゅう) (rokudaishū)[c 1]edit
  1. ^ Traditionally, Japanese distinguishes six "continents" (Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania) from six "landmasses" (Africa, North America, South America, Eurasia, Australia, Antarctica).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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