mélanésien

Syllable Decomposition

lasien

from Melanesia with the adjectival suffix -ian. The proper noun and adjective are created from the Ancient Greek μέλας mélas ('black') and νῆσος, nèsos ('island'). On the same basis and with different prefixes are created Austronesia, Austronesian, Polynesia, Polynesian, Micronesia, Micronesian, Indonesia, and Indonesian.

Definition

Feminine

Mélanésienne

Plural

mélanésiens

See also