Melanesia

Melanesia

Melanesia , one of the three main divisions of Oceania , in the SW Pacific Ocean, NE of Australia and S of the equator. Melanesia includes the Solomon Islands , Vanuatu , New Caledonia , Tuvalu , the Bismarck Archipelago , the Admiralty Islands , and Fiji . New Guinea is sometimes included in Melanesia. The Melanesians are largely of Australoid stock; they speak Malayo-Polynesian languages.

Bibliography: See study by H. C. Brookfield and D. Hart (1971).

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Melanesia, Pacific Ocean A major grouping of Pacific Islands to the south of Micronesia and west of Polynesia. The name is derived from the Greek melas ‘black’ and nēsoi ‘islands’. The ‘black’ refers to the colour of the inhabitants' skins. Melanin is a dark brown to black pigment in the skin and hair, a characteristic shared by the Melanesians.

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Melanesia Collective term for a number of island groups in the w Pacific Ocean, generally s of the Equator, w of the International Date Line, n and e of Australia. It includes the Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, and the Tonga group. Melanesia is one of the subdivisions of Oceania. The others are Polynesia and Micronesia.

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