"南洋" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "南洋",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "南",
          "なん"
        ],
        [
          "洋",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nan'yō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nan'yau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なんやう",
      "roman": "nan'yau",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "なんよう",
        "hhira": "なんやう"
      },
      "expansion": "南(なん)洋(よう) • (Nan'yō) ^(←なんやう (nan'yau)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "South Seas; Southeast Asia"
      ],
      "id": "en-南洋-ja-name-eMU74oLy",
      "links": [
        [
          "South Seas",
          "South Seas"
        ],
        [
          "Southeast Asia",
          "Southeast Asia"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "especially pre-WWII",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(especially pre-WWII) South Seas; Southeast Asia"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "nanshinron",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "南進論",
              "なんしんろん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "南進論"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:South Seas Mandate",
        "ja:南洋#日本における南洋概念"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "なんよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "南洋"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "南洋",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "南",
          "なん"
        ],
        [
          "洋",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nan'yō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nan'yau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なんやう",
      "roman": "nan'yau",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "なんよう",
        "hhira": "なんやう"
      },
      "expansion": "南(なん)洋(よう) • (Nan'yō) ^(←なんやう (nan'yau)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "nanshinron",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "南進論",
          "なんしんろん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "南進論"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese proper nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 2 entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "South Seas; Southeast Asia"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "South Seas",
          "South Seas"
        ],
        [
          "Southeast Asia",
          "Southeast Asia"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "especially pre-WWII",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(especially pre-WWII) South Seas; Southeast Asia"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:South Seas Mandate",
        "ja:南洋#日本における南洋概念"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "なんよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "南洋"
}

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    "南洋"
  ],
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  "subsection": "proper noun",
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  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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    "南洋"
  ],
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  "subsection": "proper noun",
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}