FRENCH OCEANIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A French overseas possession in the South Pacific

Synonyms:

French Oceania; French Polynesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

possession (a territory that is controlled by a ruling state)

Meronyms (parts of "French Oceania"):

Society Islands (an island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa)

Low Archipelago; Paumotu Archipelago; Tuamotu Archipelago (a group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia)

Austral Islands; Tubuai Islands (a chain of small islands in French Polynesia)

Gambier Islands (a group of islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia)

Iles Marquises; Marquesas Islands (a group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia)

Holonyms ("French Oceania" is a part of...):

Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)