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AUSTRALASIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Holonyms ("Australasia" is a part of...):
Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)
Derivation:
Australasian (relating to or found in Australasia)