Micronesian

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English Micronesia

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Micronesian

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Micronesian (plural Micronesians)

A person from Micronesia or of Micronesian descent.
- 2008 January 18, John Noble Wilford, “Pacific Islanders’ Ancestry Emerges in Genetic Study”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 November 2020:
  The researchers also concluded that the genetic data showed that the Polynesians and Micronesians were most closely related to Taiwan Aborigines and East Asians.

A person from Micronesia or of Micronesian descent

Micronesian (not comparable)

Of, from or pertaining to Micronesia or the Micronesian people.
- 2007 May 27, Douglas Martin, “Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 8 June 2021:
  He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.

Of, from or pertaining to Micronesia or the Micronesian people