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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 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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