The Commonwealth of Oceana is a classic of English political thought and continues to be studied and reprinted, at least as recently as James Froude, Oceana, or England and Her Colonies is noteworthy for its focus on Australia and New Zealand—the heart of the region that we now call Oceania —which Froude seems to see as a realization of the superior commonwealth envisaged by Harrington.
One might wonder then whether Oceana was not the original name for the area at the southwestern edge of the Pacific Ocean and the southeastern edge of the Indian Ocean. That appears not to be the case, however. Matches for Oceania appear as early as , and with some regularity beginning in the s. The surface of the earth has been estimated at ,, square miles, of 60 to the equatorial degree geographical miles , of which nearly three-fourths, or ,, square miles are covered by the Ocean and the interior Seas;—the remainder, consisting of 37,, square miles, forming the five parts of the world, called Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Australasia or Oceania.
It isn't clear whether the parenthetical " or Oceania " reflects wording in Balbi's original chart or is an interpolation added for English-speaking audiences who were at least as familiar with Oceania as with Australasia.
Under this comprehensive head are included all those numerous islands, groups of islands, and all that great island continent, New Holland, which is spread over the Pacific ocean, between the two continents of Asia and America.
As to mere extent on the sphere, these Oceania regions from Sumatra to Easter island inclusive, with the equator very nearly as a middle line of latitude, extends through above one hundred and fifty degrees of longitude. An area so vast demanded subdivision, and it has been divided into three great sections [namely, Malaysia, Australia, and Polynesia]. Other frequent matches for Oceana over the past two centuries refer to Oceana County, Michigan, and to a law book publisher doing business as Oceana.
An early match for Oceania refers to a genus of hydroids medusa jellyfish. More recently, of course, Oceania appears as the name of the superstate where Winston Smith lives in Nineteen Eighty-Four I would not be at all surprised if Orwell had named his dystopian commonwealth in a bitter nod to the optimistic use of Oceana in Harrington and maybe also in Froude.
It is difficult to gauge the effect of the works of Harrington and Froude on how people pronounce the South Pacific region now commonly termed Oceania. The references to Oceana in those works may have had no bearing at all on popular pronunciation of Oceania , or they may have contributed to a situation in which speakers have long had to pick their way through mixed instances of Oceana and Oceania without, perhaps, being fully aware that both spellings were in competing use and logically invited different pronunciations.
Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? In the end there is no need to get bent out of shape about how to pronounce it. If you emphasize the last "i", there will people who agree with you. And if you do not, there will ALSO be people who agree with you! I imagine that from FDR's perspective, as long as your check clears you can pronounce Oceania any way you like.
Gee, I hope not. I mean, I hope nobody says "Louvra"! I know, I know, French is very difficult to pronounce, especially if it wasn't forced down your throat in school like it is here in Canada! I have been reading the Oceania board as long as the cruiseline has been around, but I haven't cruised them yet. But it sounds kind of pretentious to me.
Plus I love the sounds of Oh-she-ann-ee-ah, and I love the idea of, and my experiences in, the part of the world called "Oceania". So perhaps I'm going to retrain myself to say it the way it's spelled. The other way sounds like an affectation. Then of course there's Pennsylvania. How odd, I see this exactly the opposite.
Especially since the founder and the promotional videos on board say it that way. If I meet someone and they pronounce their name one way but spell it another I figure I'll call them what they call their self. We just returned from our cruise on the Marina. But at the alumni cocktail party the captain said Oceaniya. Actually it was more like o-she-ON-ya.
So who knows. In the UK we always say Oh - shee -an -ee-a. Lots of Brits still haven't heard of it. I don't think they would put out all the promo material and pronounce incorrectly. Cunard is another one - it's pronounced "Q - nard". I often hear agents saying, "Cun - ard". By LauraS Started October 12, Oceania Cruises. October 19, Log In Issues. Silly question Recommended Posts. Cruise Posted October 2, Posted October 2, But the Australian does not belong to this class, nor, even less, can many of the peoples of Oceania be counted within it.
It is, I think, impossible to conceive a higher degree of charity than the going to live among savages in Oceania. A bishop was appointed for Eastern Oceania , and several priests preceded him to the islands. In another region of Oceania , the fate of the soul is decided by the family of the deceased, who throw dice for it.
But he had time to collect some interesting facts about the people, whom he considered the handsomest in Oceania. New Word List Word List. Save This Word!
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