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- Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands(Geographic Name)
Used for/see from:
- Micronesia-Polynesia
- n: Pacific Island
includes MELANESIA; MICRONESIA & POLYNESIA: see notes under each & indentions in trees
The islands of the Pacific Ocean divided into MICRONESIA; MELANESIA; and POLYNESIA (including NEW ZEALAND). The collective name Oceania includes the aforenamed islands, adding AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; and the Malay Archipelago (INDONESIA). (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p910, 880)
78; was SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS 1967-77