Melanesia
English
/ˌmɛl.əˈniː.zi.ə/, /ˌmɛl.əˈni.ʒə/
proper noun
Definitions
- Part of Oceania, made up of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Mélanésie derived from Ancient Greek μέλας (black, dark, dark-colored).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μέλας
Gloss
black, dark, dark-colored
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
黒
Emoji
🐃 🐈⬛ 🕋 🖤 🦓
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Melanesian English
- mela- English
- Melania Latin
- melanogaster Latin
- melanoleucus Latin
- melanopterus Latin
- melanothorax Latin
- melano- Italian
- Melanesië Dutch, Flemish
- Mélanésie French
- μέλας Ancient Greek
- μελάγχλαινος Ancient Greek
- μελάνθιον Ancient Greek
- μελάνουρος Ancient Greek
- μελαγκρανίς Ancient Greek
- μελαγκόρυφος Ancient Greek
- μελαινάς Ancient Greek
- *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- Melanesia Norwegian Bokmål
- melanesisk Norwegian Bokmål
- melanom Norwegian Bokmål
- Melanesia Norwegian Nynorsk
- melanesisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- melanotis Translingual