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Melanesian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Melanesian is the
adjectival form of Melanesia. It may
refer to:
Melanesians Melanesian mythology...
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Melanesians are the
predominant and
indigenous inhabitants of Melanesia, in an area
stretching from New
Guinea to the Fiji Islands. Most
speak one of...
- d'Urville
characterized Melanesians as a
distinct racial group. : 165 Over time, however,
Europeans increasingly viewed Melanesians as a
distinct cultural...
- In linguistics,
Melanesian is an
obsolete term
referring to the
Austronesian languages of Melanesia: that is, the Oceanic,
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, or...
- The
Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) is an
intergovernmental organization,
composed of the four
Melanesian states of Fiji,
Papua New Guinea,
Solomon Islands...
- Cook Islands, Fiji,
Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tonga, and
includes the
Melanesian Cup and
Polynesian Cup The
three match State of
Origin series (June –...
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Melanesian Pidgin or Neo-
Melanesian language comprises four
related English-derived
languages of Melanesia: Bislama, of
Vanuatu Solomon Islands Pidgin...
- The East
Melanesian Islands, also
known as the Solomons-Vanuatu-Bismarck
moist forests, is a
biogeographic region in the
Melanesia subregion of Oceania...
- Australo-
Melanesians (also
known as
Australasians or the Australomelanesoid,
Australoid or
Australioid race) is an
outdated historical grouping of various...
- The
Melanesian scrubfowl or
Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) is a
megapode species that is
endemic to
islands within Melanesia. The
Melanesian scrubfowl...
