IslandMelanesia is a subregion of Melanesia in Oceania. It is located east of New Guinea island, from the Bismarck Archipelago to New Caledonia. Austronesian...
regions forming the Pacific. The name Melanesia, from Greek μέλας, black, and νῆσος, island, etymologically means "islands of black [people]", in reference...
parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, IslandMelanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar that speak Austronesian languages. They...
second-largest island, with an area of 785,753 km2 (303,381 sq mi). Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from...
comprise the bulk of traditional boats in Island Southeast Asia, Island Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar. They have spread to other cultures...
Austronesian people and their distinct material culture, who settled IslandMelanesia via a seaborne migration at around 1600 to 500 BCE. The Lapita people...
the three parts of Oceania (the others being Melanesia and Micronesia). The following islands and island groups are either nations or overseas territories...
The Pacific islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are further categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia, and...
in IslandMelanesia. The direct ancestors of the Polynesians are believed to be the Neolithic Lapita culture. This group emerged in IslandMelanesia and...
interior Melanesia (Papua), are populated by descendants of the first waves of human migrations into the region by Australo-Melanesians. Micronesia, Island Melanesia...
the Austronesian and Papuan people. It was introduced to Polynesia, IslandMelanesia, and Madagascar in prehistoric times via Austronesian sailors. It was...
of Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, IslandMelanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar. They also include indigenous ethnic minorities...
Communion and includes nine dioceses in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. The Archbishop of Melanesia is Leonard Dawea. He succeeds the retired archbishop...
south-eastern IslandMelanesia and islands in the open Pacific east of the Solomon Islands: Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Polynesia, the Santa Cruz Islands, and...
arecoline. The practice is widespread in Southeast Asia, Micronesia, IslandMelanesia, and South Asia. It is also found among both Han Chinese immigrants...
East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Madagascar, Philippines, Micronesia, IslandMelanesia and Polynesia. The Chams and Utsul of contemporary central and southern...
Their populations in maritime Southeast Asia, coastal New Guinea, and IslandMelanesia later intermarried with the incoming Austronesian settlers from Taiwan...
used in many traditional Austronesian cultures in Island Southeast Asia, Micronesia, IslandMelanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar.: 144 It is sometimes...
regions: Maritime Southeast Asia to the west, Polynesia to the east, and Melanesia to the south—as well as with the wider community of Austronesian peoples...
The East Melanesian Islands, also known as the Solomons-Vanuatu-Bismarck moist forests, is a biogeographic region in the Melanesia subregion of Oceania...
islands of Melanesia are located immediately north and northeast of Australia as well as east coast of Papua New Guinea. The western end of Melanesia...
Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, Studies in the Languages of IslandMelanesia, Canberra: Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access, pp. 1–21, ISBN 9781922185235...
is a retired Solomon Islands Anglican bishop and incumbent governor-general of Solomon Islands. He was the archbishop of Melanesia and bishop of the Diocese...
Guinea by the Arafura Sea, the Timor Sea, and the Torres Strait, from IslandMelanesia by the Coral Sea, and from New Zealand by the Tasman Sea. The world's...
with the Austronesian migrations to the rest of Island Southeast Asia, Micronesia, IslandMelanesia, and Polynesia in prehistoric times. Other archaeological...
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