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Australasia

//ˌɔstɹl̩ˈæɪʒɐ// name

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  1. 1
    Synonym of Oceania: a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
  2. 2
    A continental region in Oceania, consisting of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Australasie, coined by French scholar and politician Charles de Brosses in 1756, from the Latin for “south of Asia”. By surface analysis, Austral- + Asia.

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