Micronesia

See also: micronesia, micronésia, and Micronésia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μικρονήσος (mikronḗsos, “small island”), from prefix μικρο- (mikro-, “micro-”), from μικρός (mikrós, “small, mimimum”) + νήσος (nḗsos, “island”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈniː.zi.ə/, /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈniː.ʒə/, /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈniː.ʃə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈniː.ʒə/, /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈniː.zi.ə/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːʒə

Proper noun

Micronesia

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

Translations

geographical region

Estonian: Mikroneesia
Georgian: მიკრონეზია (miḳronezia)
Irish: an Mhicrinéis f
Latvian: Mikronēzija f

Norwegian:
Bokmål: Mikronesia

Nynorsk: Mikronesia (nn)

country

Armenian: Միկրոնեզիա (Mikronezia)
Bengali: মাইক্রোনেশিয়া (ma'ikroneshiya)
Breton: Mikronezia
Catalan: Micronèsia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 密克羅尼西亞 (zh), 密克罗尼西亚 (zh) (Mìkèluóníxīyà), 米克羅尼西亞, 米克罗尼西亚 (Mìkèluóníxīyà)
Danish: Mikronesien (da)
Dutch: Micronesia (nl)
Esperanto: Mikronezio
Estonian: Mikroneesia
Finnish: Mikronesia (fi)
French: Micronésie (fr)
Georgian: მიკრონეზია (miḳronezia)
German: Mikronesien (de)
Greek: Μικρονησία (el) f (Mikronisía)
Hungarian: Mikronézia (hu)
Indonesian: Mikronesia
Interlingua: Micronesia
Irish: an Mhicrinéis f
Italian: Micronesia
Japanese: ミクロネシア (ja) (Mikuroneshia)
Latvian: Mikronēzija f

Macedonian: Микронезија f (Mikronézija)
Maltese: il-Mikronesja
Navajo: Eʼeʼaahjí Tónteel bikáaʼgi Kéyah Yázhí dah Ndaaʼeełgo Ałhidadiidzooígíí
Norman: Micronésie f
Norwegian: Mikronesiaføderasjonen
Occitan: Micronesia (oc) f
Polish: Mikronezja (pl)
Portuguese: Micronésia (pt)
Romanian: Micronezia f
Russian: Микроне́зия (ru) f (Mikronɛ́zija)
Scots: Micronesie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Микронезија f

Roman: Mikronezija (sh) f
Spanish: Micronesia (es)
Swedish: Mikronesien (sv)
Tagalog: Mikpuluan
Thai: ไมโครนีเซีย (th) (mai-kroo-nii-siia)
Turkish: Mikronezya (tr)
Vietnamese: Mai-crô-nê-xi-a
Volapük: Smala-Seanuäns (vo)
Yoruba: Makoronesia

Anagrams

acrimonies, anisomeric, carmoisine

Italian

Proper noun

Micronesia f

Micronesia

Derived terms

micronesiano

Anagrams

sinceriamo

Latin

Proper noun

Micronēsia f (genitive Micronēsiae); first declension

(New Latin) Micronesia

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
nominative	Micronēsia
genitive	Micronēsiae
dative	Micronēsiae
accusative	Micronēsiam
ablative	Micronēsiā
vocative	Micronēsia
locative	Micronēsiae

Spanish

Proper noun

Micronesia f

Micronesia

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