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Wallacea meaning

A group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves.

Using Wallacea

  • The main meaning on this page is: A group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves.
  • In the example corpus, wallacea often appears in combinations such as: the wallacea.

Context around Wallacea

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

ecozone 1×

Often after:

area 1× ecozone 1×

Sentence patterns with Wallacea

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

australasian ecozone wallacea and australasia 1× known as wallacea 1× of the wallacea area with 1× part of wallacea in which 1× within the wallacea ecozone having 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

biogeographical biogeographically oceania 1× sumba is within 1× the islands between 1× this ecoregion is 1×

Common sentence endings:

and australasian origin 1× asian species predominate 1× known as wallacea 1× mainland new guinea 1×

Words around Wallacea

Just before it in the word index:

wallace 1.331 wallaby 39 wallabout 2 wallabies 238 wallabadah 3 walla 93

Just after it in the word index:

wallaceburg 47 wallaces 8 wallacetown 2 wallach 43 wallachia 22 wallachian 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Wallacea

  • In this selection, "wallacea" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ecozone, area and ecozone stand out and add context to how "wallacea" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include australasian ecozone wallacea and australasia and known as wallacea. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wallacea" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wallacea

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Sumba is within the Wallacea ecozone, having a mixture of plants and animals of Asian and Australasian origin. (18 words)

The islands between Java/Borneo and Papua form a mixed zone, where both types occur, known as Wallacea. (18 words)

This ecoregion is part of the Wallacea area with a mixture of plants and animals of Asian and Australasian origin; it lies in the western part of Wallacea, in which Asian species predominate. (33 words)

Longer example sentences

Biogeographical Biogeographically, Oceania is used as a synonym for either the Australasian ecozone ( Wallacea and Australasia ) or the Pacific ecozone (Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia apart either from New Zealand or from mainland New Guinea ). (34 words)

This ecoregion is part of the Wallacea area with a mixture of plants and animals of Asian and Australasian origin; it lies in the western part of Wallacea, in which Asian species predominate. (33 words)

Sumba is within the Wallacea ecozone, having a mixture of plants and animals of Asian and Australasian origin. (18 words)

Example sentences (4)

This ecoregion is part of the Wallacea area with a mixture of plants and animals of Asian and Australasian origin; it lies in the western part of Wallacea, in which Asian species predominate.

Biogeographical Biogeographically, Oceania is used as a synonym for either the Australasian ecozone ( Wallacea and Australasia ) or the Pacific ecozone (Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia apart either from New Zealand or from mainland New Guinea ).

Sumba is within the Wallacea ecozone, having a mixture of plants and animals of Asian and Australasian origin.

The islands between Java/Borneo and Papua form a mixed zone, where both types occur, known as Wallacea.

Common combinations with wallacea

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wallacea" in a sentence?
An example: "This ecoregion is part of the Wallacea area with a mixture of plants and animals of Asian and Australasian origin; it lies in the western part of Wallacea, in which Asian species predominate." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "wallacea" from authentic English texts.
What does "wallacea" mean?
Wallacea means: A group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves.
How many example sentences with "wallacea" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "wallacea", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.