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Islands of the Pacific Ocean proper, with an area larger than 10,000 km 2. Examples include the Pitcairn Islands, Taiwan, and Borneo. More commonly, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States. Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings.