Definitions for Micronesia
ˌmaɪ krəˈni ʒə, -ʃəmi·crone·si·a

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 4 votes

1. Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TTnoun

   a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986

2. Micronesianoun

   the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. Micronesianoun

   One of the geographical subregions of Oceania.

2. Micronesianoun

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

3. Etymology: From μικρονήσος, from prefix μικρο-, from μικρός + νήσος.

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1. Micronesia

   Micronesia (UK: , US: ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the North western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: Insular Southeast Asia to the west, Polynesia to the east, and Melanesia to the south—as well as with the wider community of Austronesian peoples. The region has a tropical marine climate and is part of the Oceanian realm. It includes four main archipelagos—the Caroline Islands, the Gilbert Islands, the Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands — as well as numerous islands that are not part of any archipelago. Political control of areas within Micronesia varies depending on the island, and is distributed among six sovereign nations. Some of the Caroline Islands are part of the Republic of Palau and some are part of the Federated States of Micronesia (often shortened to "FSM" or "Micronesia"—not to be confused with the identical name for the overall region). The Gilbert Islands (along with the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands in Polynesia) comprise the Republic of Kiribati. The Mariana Islands are affiliated with the United States; some of them belong to the U.S. Territory of Guam and the rest belong to the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The island of Nauru is its own sovereign nation. The Marshall Islands all belong to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The sovereignty of Wake Island is contested: it is claimed both by the United States and by the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The United States has actual possession of Wake Island, which is under the immediate administration of the United States Air Force. Notwithstanding the fact that the notion of "Micronesia" has been quite well established since 1832 and has been used ever since, by most popular works, this set does not correspond to any geomorphological, archaelogical, linguistic, ethnic or cultural unity, but on the contrary represents a disparate ensemble, with no real deep unity. In fact, "Micronesian people" doesn't exist as a subset of the sea-migrating Austronesian people, who may also include the Polynesian people and the hypothetical Australo-Melanesian or "Melanesian people". Human settlement of Micronesia began several millennia ago. Based on the current scientific consensus, the Austronesian peoples originated from a prehistoric seaborne migration, known as the Austronesian expansion, from pre-Han Formosa, at around 3000 to 1500 BCE. Austronesians reached the northernmost Philippines, specifically the Batanes Islands, by around 2200 BCE. Austronesians were the first people to invent oceangoing sailing technologies (notably catamarans, outrigger boats, lashed-lug boat building, and the crab claw sail), which enabled their rapid dispersal into the islands of the Indo-Pacific. From 2000 BCE they assimilated (or were assimilated by) the earlier populations on the islands in their migration pathway.The earliest known contact of Europeans with Micronesia was in 1521, when Spanish ships landed in the Marianas. Jules Dumont d'Urville is usually credited with coining the term "Micronesia" in 1832, but in fact, Louis Domeny de Rienzi used the term a year earlier.

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1. micronesia

   Micronesia is a region in the Western Pacific Ocean, comprised of thousands of small islands. It is one of the three major cultural areas in the Pacific Ocean, alongside Melanesia and Polynesia, and includes four main island groups: the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, the Marshall Islands and the Gilbert Islands. The Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, and Nauru are also part of this region. Micronesia has a diverse cultural and political history, with influences from various Pacific populations, European colonizers, and American administrations.

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1. Micronesia

   Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is distinct from Melanesia to the south, and Polynesia to the east. The Philippines lie to the west, and Indonesia to the southwest. The term Micronesia was first proposed in 1831 by Jules Dumont d'Urville to denote an ethnic and geographical grouping of islands distinct from Polynesia and Melanesia.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Micronesia

   The collective name for islands of the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, including the Mariana, PALAU, Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati Islands. Micronesia is from the Greek micro, small + nesos, island, so named because the islands in this group are much smaller than those in MELANESIA. Micronesia is inhabited by a mixed race of Melanesians, Polynesians, and some Malaysians. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p761 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p350)

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Anagrams for Micronesia »

1. acrimonies

2. carmoisine

How to pronounce Micronesia?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Micronesia in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Micronesia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Micronesia in a Sentence

1. Jonathan Pryke:

   Federated States of Micronesia form part of the second island chain that China sees as a way of containing their strategic ambitions, the relationship is a critical one, but China is increasing its pursuit of the region.

2. David Dawe:

   The most at risk are those without solid economic bases, like Kiribati or Micronesia or Tuvalu.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Micronesia
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Micronesia
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronesia
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Micronesia