I Melanezia dia iray amin' ireo vondro-nosy telo lehibe ao amin' ny Ôseana Pasifika, izay mamorona an' i Ôseania.
Ity famondronana ara-jeôgrafia ity dia toherin' ny mpahay jeôgrafia sasany, nefa ampiasaina matetika izany sy ireo firenena voakasika. Ny anarana hoe Melanezia dia avy amin' ny teny grika hoe μέλας / mélas, "mainty", sy ny hoe νῆσος / nễsos, "nosy", ka midika hoe "nosy mainty".
Taorian' ny fandehanan' i Jules Dumont d'Urville tany amin' ny faritr' i Melanezia hamantatra ny zava-misy any dia nanao soso-kevitra tamin' ny Société de géograophie tao Parisy izy tamin' ny taona 1831 momba ny fandaminana vaovao an' i Pasifika ho faritra efatra, dia:
I Melanezia, araka ny famaritana mahazatra, dia miendrika reni-tsipika ao avaratra sy avaratra-atsinanan' i Aostralia sy ao atsimon' i Mikrônezia. Heverina fa isan' i Melanezia ireto fanjakana na tany manaraka ireto:
Ireo fanjakana na faritany ireo dia tsy mandrafitra vondrona ara-pôlitika ranoray.
Ny teny hoe "melaneziana" dia ampiasaina amin' ny haifiteny amin' ny fitenenenana hoe "fiteny mezô-melaneziana", izay manondro zana-bondron' ny sampam-piteny ôseanianan' ireo fiteny aostrôneziana, tenenina ao Papoazia-Ginea-Vaovao sy ao amin' ireo nosy Sôlômôna.
Fizaràm-paritra any Ôseania:
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