mélanésien
Syllable Decomposition
mélanésienfrom 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