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Austronesia definition

Aus·tro·ne·sia (ôs′trō nē′z̸hə)

the islands of the central and S Pacific

Etymology: < Austro- (sense ) + Gr nēsos, island + -ia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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