mélanésien
Syllable Decomposition
mélanésienfrom Melanesia with the adjectival suffix -ian. The proper noun and the 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
- géographie
Hyperonym
océanien
Hyponyms
fidjienkanakpapou
Translations
english:Melanesian
See also
mélanésien (cn.) Mélanésien (pn.) Mélanésiens (pn.) Mélanésienne (pn.) Mélanésiennes (pn.) mélanésiens (adj.) mélanésienne (adj.) mélanésiennes (adj.)