Melanesia

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cultural region geographical region subregion of Oceania

Melanesia is a culturally and linguistically diverse region of islands in the southwestern Pacific, including countries such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Melanesia canonical 480
Island Melanesia 3
Melanesian peoples 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
subregion of Oceania ⓘ
borderedBy Micronesia ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
colonialHistory colonized by several European powers ⓘ
culturalFeature strong clan and kinship systems ⓘ
demographicFeature large rural population ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Melanesians ⓘ
hasArchipelago Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ
surface form: Fiji archipelago

Solomon Islands ⓘ
surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago

Vanuatu ⓘ
surface form: Vanuatu archipelago
hasIslandType coral islands ⓘ
volcanic islands ⓘ
hasPart Fiji ⓘ
Maluku Islands ⓘ
New Caledonia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Vanuatu ⓘ
West Papua ⓘ
hasSea Bismarck Sea ⓘ
Coral Sea ⓘ
Solomon Sea ⓘ
includesDependentTerritory New Caledonia ⓘ
Norfolk Island ⓘ
includesSovereignState Fiji ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
Vanuatu ⓘ
knownFor Austronesian languages ⓘ
Papuan languages ⓘ
high cultural diversity ⓘ
high linguistic diversity ⓘ
linguisticFeature hundreds of distinct languages ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: southwestern Pacific Ocean
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from Greek words for "black islands" ⓘ
partOf Oceania ⓘ
timeZoneRegion UTC+10 to UTC+12 ⓘ
traditionalBeliefs indigenous animist religions ⓘ

Referenced by (494)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Ocean → containsIslandGroup → Melanesia ⓘ
Florida Islands → partOf → Melanesia ⓘ
Florida Islands → region → Melanesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific
Tulagi → locatedInRegion → Melanesia ⓘ
Guadalcanal → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Guadalcanal → ethnicGroups → Melanesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melanesian peoples
Pacific Community → operatesIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Solomon Islands rain forests → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Central Province → hasEthnolinguisticGroup → Melanesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melanesian peoples
Asia-Pacific → includesSubregion → Melanesia ⓘ
Oceania → hasSubregion → Melanesia ⓘ
Oceania → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Melanesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melanesians
British Solomon Islands Protectorate → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Fiji → region → Melanesia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea → region → Melanesia ⓘ
Micronesia → borderedBy → Melanesia ⓘ
Battle of the Eastern Solomons → region → Melanesia ⓘ
Nggela Islands → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Southeastern Solomon Islands → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Melanesian Spearhead Group → regionServed → Melanesia ⓘ
Pacific Islands → hasSubregion → Melanesia ⓘ
Small Nggela → locatedInRegion → Melanesia ⓘ
Remote Oceanic languages → spokenIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages → spokenIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Solomon Islands → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Meso-Melanesian languages → region → Melanesia ⓘ
Vanuatu → region → Melanesia ⓘ
New Guinea → partOf → Melanesia ⓘ
Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center → region → Melanesia ⓘ
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Vanuatu languages → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Western Oceanic languages → region → Melanesia ⓘ
Southeast Solomonic languages → region → Melanesia ⓘ
Gela Island → region → Melanesia ⓘ
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages → spokenIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages → hasGeographicDistribution → Melanesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Island Melanesia
Fijian languages → region → Melanesia ⓘ
Bougainville Island → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Russell Islands → partOf → Melanesia ⓘ
Solomon Islands dollar → region → Melanesia ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean → contains → Melanesia ⓘ
Sandfly Island → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Mount Popomanaseu → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Savo Island → partOf → Melanesia ⓘ
Polynesian outliers → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Saint Barnabas Anglican Cathedral → region → Melanesia ⓘ
Solomon Islands Time → region → Melanesia ⓘ
National Museum of Solomon Islands → locatedInRegion → Melanesia ⓘ
Red Beach → region → Melanesia ⓘ
Bismarck Archipelago → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ