Melanesia
/ˌmeləˈniːzɪə/- a region of the western Pacific to the south of Micronesia and west of Polynesia. It contains the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, and the intervening islands.美拉尼西亚（西太平洋中密克罗尼西亚以南和波利尼西亚以西的一个地区, 包括俾斯麦群岛、所罗门群岛、瓦努阿图、新喀里多尼亚、斐济和错落其间的岛屿）。
词源
from Greek melas 'black' + nēsos 'island'.