Micronesia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μικρονήσος (Mikronesos, “small island”), from prefix μικρο- (mikro-, “micro-”), from μικρός (mikros, “small, mimimum”) + νήσος (nesos, “island”).

Pronunciation

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

• (UK) IPA: /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈniː.zi.ə/, /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈniː.ʒə/, /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈniː.ʃə/
• (US) IPA: /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈniː.ʒə/, /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈniː.zi.ə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːʒə

Proper noun

Micronesia

1. One of the geographical subregions of Oceania.
2. A country in Oceania. Official name: the Federated States of Micronesia.

Translations

country

Bengali: মাইক্রোনেশিয়া (bn) Bosnian: Mikronezija (bs) f. Breton: Mikronezia Chinese: Mandarin: 密克羅尼西亞 (cmn), 密克罗尼西亚 (cmn) (Mìkèluóníxīyà) Croatian: Mikronezija (hr) f. Danish: Mikronesien (da) Dutch: Micronesia (nl) Esperanto: Mikronezio Finnish: Mikronesia (fi) French: Micronésie (fr) German: Mikronesien (de) Greek: Μικρονησία (el) (Mikronisía) f. Hungarian: Mikronézia (hu) Interlingua: Micronesia (ia)

Italian: Micronesia (it) Japanese: ミクロネシア (ja) (Mikuroneshia) Macedonian: Микронезија (mk) (Mikronézija) f. Maltese: il-Mikronesja Navajo: Eʼeʼaahjí Tónteel bikáaʼgi Kéyah Yázhí dah Ndaaʼeełgo Ałhidadiidzooígíí Norwegian: Mikronesiaføderasjonen (no) Polish: Mikronezja (pl) Portuguese: Micronésia (pt) Romanian: Micronesia (ro) f. Russian: Микронезия (ru) (Mikronézija) f. Spanish: Micronesia (es) Swedish: Mikronesien (sv) Turkish: Mikronezya (tr) Volapük: Smala-Seanuäns (vo)

See also

• Palikir
• Austronesia
• Countries of the world
• Melanesia
• Polynesia

Anagrams

• acrimonies
• carmoisine

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Proper noun

Micronesia f.

1. Micronesia

Derived terms

• micronesiano

Anagrams

• sinceriamo

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Proper noun

Micronesia f.

1. Micronesia