Mélanésie
See also: Melanesië and Melanésie
French
Etymology
Coined by Jules Dumont d'Urville, from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”), referring to the skin color of the inhabitants.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.la.ne.zi/
Proper noun
Mélanésie f
- Melanesia
Derived terms
- mélanésien
- Mélanésien
Descendants
- → Dutch: Melanesië
- → English: Melanesia
- → German: Melanesien