Micronesia

See also: micronesia, micronésia, and Micronésia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μικρόνησος (mikrónēsos, “small island”, from μικρός (mikrós, “small, minimum”) +‎ νῆσος (nêsos, “island”)) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪkroʊˈniːʒə/
• (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):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -iːʒə

Proper noun

Micronesia

2. A continental region in Oceania in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, consisting of around 2,000 small islands.

   Coordinate terms: Melanesia, Polynesia

   Holonyms: Austronesia, Oceania

4. The Federated States of Micronesia (a country consisting of about 700 islands in the Micronesia region).

Derived terms

• Micronesian

See also

• Macronesia

Descendants

• → Japanese: ミクロネシア (Mikuroneshia)
• → Korean: 미크로네시아 (mikeuronesia)
• → Pohnpeian: Maikoronesia

Translations

Translations

• Afrikaans: Mikronesië
• Amharic: ማይክሮኔዥያ (maykəronežya)
• Arabic: مِيكْرُونِزِيَا f (mīkrūniziyā)
• Armenian: Միկրոնեզիա (Mikronezia)
• Asturian: Micronesia (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Mikroneziya
• Balinese: Mikronésia
• Belarusian: Мікране́зія f (Mikranjézija), Мікранэ́зія f (Mikranézija)
• Bengali: মাইক্রোনেশিয়া (bn) (maikrōneśiẏa)
• Betawi: Mikronési
• Breton: Mikronezia
• Bulgarian: Микроне́зия f (Mikronézija)
• Burmese: မိုက်ခရိုနီးရှား (muikhka.ruini:hra:)
• Catalan: Micronèsia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 密克羅尼西亞 / 密克罗尼西亚 (zh) (Mìkèluóníxīyà), 米克羅尼西亞 / 米克罗尼西亚 (Mìkèluóníxīyà)

• Corsican: Micrunesia f
• Czech: Mikronésie (cs) f
• Danish: Mikronesien (da) n
• Dutch: Micronesië n
• Esperanto: Mikronezio
• Estonian: Mikroneesia (et)
• Finnish: Mikronesia (fi)
• French: Micronésie (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Mikroneezje n

• Georgian: მიკრონეზია (ka) (miḳronezia)
• German: Mikronesien (de)
• Greek: Μικρονησία (el) f (Mikronisía)
• Hebrew: מִיקְרוֹנֶזְיָה f (mikronézya)
• Hindi: माइक्रोनेशिया m (māikroneśiyā)
• Hungarian: Mikronézia (hu)
• Icelandic: Míkrónesía
• Indonesian: Mikronesia (id)
• Interlingua: Micronesia
• Irish: an Mhicrinéis f
• Italian: Micronesia f
• Japanese: ミクロネシア (ja) (Mikuroneshia)
• Javanese: Mikronésia
• Kazakh: Микронезия (kk) (Mikroneziä)
• Khmer: មីក្រូនេស៊ី (miikruuneisii)
• Korean: 미크로네시아 (Mikeuronesia)
• Kyrgyz: Микронезия (Mikroneziya)
• Lao: ໄມໂຄຣນີເຊຍ (mai khō nī sīa), ມີໂຄຣເນເຊຍ (mī khō nē sīa)
• Latvian: Mikronēzija f
• Lithuanian: Mikronezija (lt) f
• Macedonian: Микронезија f (Mikronezija)
• Malay: Mikronesia
• Maltese: il-Mikronesja f
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Микронези (Mikronezi)

• Norman: Micronésie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mikronesia

  Nynorsk: Mikronesia (nn)

• Persian: میکرونزی (fa) (mikronezi)
• Pohnpeian: Maikoronesia
• Polish: Mikronezja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Micronésia (pt) f
• Romanian: Micronezia f
• Russian: Микроне́зия (ru) f (Mikronɛ́zija)
• Scots: Micronesie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Микро̀не̄зија f

  Latin: Mikrònēzija (sh) f

• Slovak: Mikronézia f
• Slovene: Mikronezija (sl) f
• Spanish: Micronesia (es) f
• Sundanese: Mikronésia
• Swedish: Mikronesien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Mikpuluan, Micronesia
• Tajik: Микронезия (Mikroneziya)
• Tatar: Микронезия (Mikroneziyä)
• Thai: ไมโครนีเซีย (th) (mai-kroo-nii-siia)
• Turkish: Mikronezya (tr)
• Turkmen: Mikroneziýa
• Ukrainian: Мікроне́зія f (Mikronézija)
• Urdu: مائیکرونیشیا m (mā'ikronīśiyā)
• Uzbek: Mikroneziya
• Vietnamese: Tiểu Đảo (小島), Mi-crô-nê-di, Mai-crô-nê-xi-a
• Volapük: Smala-Seanuäns (vo)
• Yiddish: מיקראָנעזיע n (mikronezye)
• Yoruba: Makoronesia

See also

countries in Oceania (appendix)edit

• Australia
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia
• Nauru
• New Zealand
• Niue
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

• Palikir
• Countries of the world

Anagrams

• acrimonies, anisomeric, carmoisine

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Micronesia

1. Micronesia (a continental region in Oceania in the northwestern Pacific Ocean consisting of around 2,000 small islands)
2. Micronesia (the Federated States of Micronesia (a country consisting of about 700 islands in the Micronesia region))

Italian

Proper noun

Micronesia f

1. Micronesia (a continental region in Oceania in the northwestern Pacific Ocean consisting of around 2,000 small islands)
2. Micronesia (the Federated States of Micronesia (a country consisting of about 700 islands in the Micronesia region))

Derived terms

• micronesiano

Anagrams

• sinceriamo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɪ.krɔˈneː.si.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mi.kroˈnɛː.s̬i.a]

Proper noun

Micronēsia f sg (genitive Micronēsiae); first declension (New Latin)

1. Micronesia (a continental region in Oceania in the northwestern Pacific Ocean consisting of around 2,000 small islands)
2. Micronesia (the Federated States of Micronesia (a country consisting of about 700 islands in the Micronesia region))

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Micronēsia
genitive	Micronēsiae
dative	Micronēsiae
accusative	Micronēsiam
ablative	Micronēsiā
vocative	Micronēsia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mikɾoˈnesja/ [mi.kɾoˈne.sja]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -esja
• Syllabification: Mi‧cro‧ne‧sia

Proper noun

Micronesia f

1. Micronesia (a continental region in Oceania in the northwestern Pacific Ocean consisting of around 2,000 small islands)
2. Micronesia (the Federated States of Micronesia (a country consisting of about 700 islands in the Micronesia region))

Derived terms

• Estados Federados de Micronesia
• micronesio

Welsh

Proper noun

Micronesia f

1. Micronesia (a continental region in Oceania in the northwestern Pacific Ocean consisting of around 2,000 small islands)
2. Micronesia (the Federated States of Micronesia (a country consisting of about 700 islands in the Micronesia region))

Coordinate terms

countries in Oceania: gwledydd Oceania (Ynysoedd y De) (appendix)edit

• Awstralia
• Ciribati
• Fanwatw
• Ffiji
• Micronesia
• Nawrw
• Niue
• Palaw
• Papwa Gini Newydd
• Samoa
• Seland Newydd
• Tonga
• Twfalw
• Ynysoedd Cook
• Ynysoedd Marshall
• Ynysoedd Solomon

Derived terms

• Micronesiad (“Micronesian person”)
• Micronesiaidd (“Micronesian”, adjective)