Oceania

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In a narrow sense, Oceania is a term used to refer to Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia as a whole. In a wider sense Australia and New Zealand are also counted as forming part of Oceania. The southern protion of the region is called the South Pacific

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Countries of Oceania include:

• Australia
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Nauru
• New Zealand
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Vanuatu

Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include:

• American Samoa (United States)
• Easter Island (Chile)
• French Polynesia (France)
• Guam (United States)
• New Caledonia (France)
• Hawaii (United States)

See also: History of Oceania

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Oceania also refers to one of the three super-states in George Orwell's 1984. The book's main character, Winston Smith, resides in Oceania.

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Oceania" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania July 24, 2003