a group of many islands in a large body of water

of or relating to Melanesia or its people or culture

a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral

a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)

islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)

a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea

an island to the to the east of Australia and to the north of New Zealand

a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral

a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)

islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)

a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea

an island to the to the east of Australia and to the north of New Zealand

(Melanesia) the followers of one of several millenarian cults that believe salvation will come in the form of wealth (`cargo') brought by westerners; some ascribe divine attributes to westerners on first contact (especially to missionaries)