HyperDic: micronesia

English > 2 senses of the word *Micronesia*:
NOUN	location	Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT	a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States
NOUN	location	Micronesia	the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania

Micronesia > pronunciation
Sounds	may.krowniy'zhah
Rhymes	ambrosia ... Tunisia: 22 rhymes with zhah...

English > *Micronesia*: 2 senses > noun 1, location
Meaning	A country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986.
Synonyms	Federated States of Micronesia, TT
Instance of	country, state, land	The territory occupied by a nation
Part of	Micronesia	The islands in the northwestern part of Oceania
Parts	Caroline Islands	A long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia to the east of the Philippines
	Gilbert and Ellice Islands	A former British possession in Micronesia
	Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati	An island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator
	Kolonia	Capital of Micronesia
	Mariana Islands, Marianas, Ladrone Islands	A chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan
	Marshall Islands	A group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia
	Nauru, Nauru Island, Pleasant Island	A small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii
	Tuvalu, Ellice Islands	A group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii
Spanish	Estados Federados de Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
Catalan	Micronèsia

English > *Micronesia*: 2 senses > noun 2, location
Meaning	The islands in the northwestern part of Oceania.
Instance of	archipelago	A group of many islands in a large body of water
Part of	Austronesia	islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)
Part of	Oceania, Oceanica	A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)
Parts	Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT	A country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States
Spanish	Micronesia

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