Definitions for austronesia
ˌɔ stroʊˈni ʒə, -ʃəaus·trone·si·a

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1. Austronesianoun

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

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1. Austronesianoun

   The Pacific islands of Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia considered as a group.

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1. austronesia

   The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar that speak Austronesian languages. They also include indigenous ethnic minorities in Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Hainan, the Comoros, and the Torres Strait Islands. The nations and territories predominantly populated by Austronesian-speaking peoples are sometimes known collectively as Austronesia.They originated from a prehistoric seaborne migration, known as the Austronesian expansion from pre-Han Taiwan, at around 1500 to 1000 BCE. Austronesians reached the northernmost Philippines, specifically the Batanes Islands, by around 2200 BCE. Austronesians used sails some time before 2000 BCE.: 144  In conjunction with their use of other maritime technologies (notably catamarans, outrigger boats, lashed-lug boat building, and the crab claw sail), this enabled their dispersal into the islands of the Indo-Pacific, culminating in the settlement of New Zealand c. 1250 CE. From 2000 BCE they assimilated (or were assimilated by) the earlier Paleolithic pre-Austronesian, and Australo-Melanesian Papuan populations. They reached as far as Easter Island to the east, Madagascar to the west, and New Zealand to the south. At the furthest extent, they might have also reached the Americas.Aside from language, Austronesian peoples widely share cultural characteristics, including such traditions and technologies as tattooing, stilt houses, jade carving, wetland agriculture, and various rock art motifs. They also share domesticated plants and animals that were carried along with the migrations, including rice, bananas, coconuts, breadfruit, Dioscorea yams, taro, paper mulberry, chickens, pigs, and dogs.

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1. austronesia

   Austronesia is a geographical region that includes the Southeast Asian countries, Madagascar, Oceania (except for Australia and Papua New Guinea), and the islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It is also used as a linguistic term to refer to the family of languages spoken in that region, known as Austronesian languages. These languages are thought to originate from a common language, Proto-Austronesian. Austronesia is often associated with a specific archaeological culture and migration event, the Austronesian expansion, which started from Taiwan around 3000-1500 BC.

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1. Austronesia

   Austronesia, in historical terms, refers to the homeland of the peoples who speak Austronesian languages, including Malay, Filipino, Indonesian, Maori, Malagasy, native Hawaiian, the Fijian language and around a thousand other languages. The Austronesian homeland is thought by linguists to have been prehistoric Taiwan. The name Austronesia comes from the Latin austrālis "southern" plus the Greek νήσος "island". However, in contemporary terminology, the word Austronesia pertains to the regions where Austronesian languages are spoken. Austronesia then covers almost half of the globe, although mostly ocean and oceanic islands, starting from Madagascar to the west until Easter Island, to the east. Austronesia as a region has three traditional divisions: Taiwan, the Maritime Southeast Asia, and Austronesian Oceania.

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   The numerical value of austronesia in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of austronesia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Austronesia
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesia
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