"Mélanésie" meaning in French

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          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: Melanesië",
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      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: Melanesië"
    },
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            "2": "Melanesia",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Melanesia",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Melanesia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Melanesien",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Melanesien",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Melanesien"
    }
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        "3": "μέλας",
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        "5": "dark"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Coined by Jules Dumont d'Urville, from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”), referring to the skin color of the inhabitants.",
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      },
      "expansion": "Mélanésie f",
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    }
  ],
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Regions of Oceania",
          "orig": "fr:Regions of Oceania",
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            "Places",
            "Oceania",
            "Political subdivisions",
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            "Polities",
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            "Nouns",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "mélanésien"
        },
        {
          "word": "Mélanésien"
        }
      ],
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        "Melanesia (a region of Oceania)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mélanésie-fr-name-41-vaidX",
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          "Melanesia",
          "Melanesia#English"
        ],
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          "Oceania",
          "Oceania#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/me.la.ne.zi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mélanésie"
}

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    {
      "word": "mélanésien"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mélanésien"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: Melanesië",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: Melanesië"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Melanesia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Melanesia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Melanesia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Melanesien",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Melanesien",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Melanesien"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "μέλας",
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      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Coined by Jules Dumont d'Urville, from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”), referring to the skin color of the inhabitants.",
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      },
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    }
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      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/me.la.ne.zi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mélanésie"
}