Austronesia
geographical name
Aus·tro·ne·sia ˌȯ-strə-ˈnē-zhə 
ˌä-,
-ˈnē-shə
1
the islands of the South Pacific
2
area extending from Madagascar through the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to Hawaii and Easter Island —a name applied to the region where Austronesian languages are spoken