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.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Melanesian peoples 2
Island Melanesia 1
Melanesians 1
Southwest Pacific 1

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 (77)

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

Micronesia → borderedBy → Melanesia ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean → contains → Melanesia ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean → contains → Melanesia ⓘ
Alphitonia → distributionRegion → Melanesia ⓘ
Guadalcanal → ethnicGroups → Melanesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melanesian peoples
Reo Fortune → fieldworkArea → Melanesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melanesian peoples
this entity surface form: Island Melanesia
Oceania → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Melanesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melanesians
Oceania → hasSubregion → Melanesia ⓘ
Oceanic art → hasSubregion → Melanesia ⓘ
Pacific Islands → hasSubregion → Melanesia ⓘ
Asia-Pacific → includesSubregion → Melanesia ⓘ
Bismarck Archipelago → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Bougainville Island → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Choiseul Island → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Guadalcanal → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Makira → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Malaita → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Mount Popomanaseu → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
New Britain → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
New Georgia Islands → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Nggela Islands → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Polynesian outliers → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Rennell and Bellona → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Sandfly Island → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Santa Isabel Island → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Solomon Islands → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Vanua Levu → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Vanuatu languages → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Viti Levu → locatedIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Small Nggela → locatedInRegion → Melanesia ⓘ
Tulagi → locatedInRegion → Melanesia ⓘ
Pacific Community → operatesIn → Melanesia ⓘ
Florida Islands → partOf → Melanesia ⓘ
New Guinea → partOf → Melanesia ⓘ
Russell Islands → partOf → Melanesia ⓘ
Savo Island → partOf → Melanesia ⓘ
Admiralty Islands → region → Melanesia ⓘ
Fiji → region → Melanesia ⓘ