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

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• (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)
• Breton: Mikronezia (br)
• Catalan: Micronèsia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 密克羅尼西亞 (cmn), 密克罗尼西亚 (cmn) (Mìkèluóníxīyà)

• Danish: Mikronesien (da)
• Dutch: Micronesia (nl)
• Esperanto: Mikronezio (eo)
• 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 (mt)
• Navajo: Eʼeʼaahjí Tónteel bikáaʼgi Kéyah Yázhí dah Ndaaʼeełgo Ałhidadiidzooígíí
• Norwegian: Mikronesiaføderasjonen (no)
• Occitan: Micronesia (oc) f
• Polish: Mikronezja (pl)
• Portuguese: Micronésia (pt)
• Romanian: Micronesia (ro) f
• Russian: Микронезия (ru) (Mikronézija) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Микронезија (sh) f

  Roman: Mikronezija (sh) 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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Latin

Wikipedia ^la

Proper noun

Micronesia (genitive Micronesiae); f, first declension

1. Micronesia

Inflection

nominative	Micronesia
genitive	Micronesiae
dative	Micronesiae
accusative	Micronesiam
ablative	Micronesiā
vocative	Micronesia
locative	Micronesiae

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Proper noun

Micronesia f

1. Micronesia