noun
islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Austronesian
• Regions: ↑Polynesia
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑archipelago
• Part Holonyms: ↑Pacific, ↑Pacific Ocean
• Member Meronyms: ↑Austronesian
• Part Meronyms: ↑Melanesia, ↑Micronesia, ↑Polynesia, ↑Indonesia, ↑Republic of Indonesia, ↑Dutch East Indies
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/aw'stroh nee"zheuh, -sheuh/, n.
the islands of the central and S Pacific.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.