Solomon Islands lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth
• the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth
• The collective name for the islands of the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia, including NEW CALEDONIA; VANUATU; New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, FIJI, etc. Melanesia (from the Greek melas, black + nesos, island) is so called from the black color of the natives who are generally considered to be descended originally from the Negroid Papuans and the Polynesians or Malays. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p748&Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p344)