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Micronesia

/ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈniː.zi.ə/

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Australia/ˌmaɪkroʊˈniːʒə/

Micronesia proper noun: a continental region in Oceania in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, consisting of around 2,000 small islands.

Proper noun

Micronesia

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

Micronesia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Micronesia in Hindi

Translations
माइक्रोनेशिया māikroneśiyā

Micronesia in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

Micronesia in Urdu

Translations
مائیکرونیشیا mā'ikronīśiyā

Micronesia in Bengali

Translations
মাইক্রোনেশিয়া maikrōneśiẏa
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Micronesia in Kannada
ಮೈಕ್ರೊನೇಷ್ಯ
Micronesia in Tagalog
Mikpuluan, Micronesia
Micronesia in Arabic
مِيكْرُونِزِيَا mīkrūniziyā
Micronesia in Malay
Mikronesia
Micronesia in Indonesian
Mikronesia
Micronesia in Persian
میکرونزی mikronezi
Micronesia in Thai
ไมโครนีเซีย mai-kroo-nii-siia
Micronesia in Vietnamese
Tiểu Đảo, Mi-crô-nê-di, Mai-crô-nê-xi-a
Micronesia in Myanmar
မိုက်ခရိုနီးရှား muikhka.ruini:hra:

Origin of Micronesia

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

Words formed from Micronesia

Phrases with Micronesia

Words that rhyme with Micronesia

Questions about Micronesia

What does Micronesia mean?
Micronesia means a continental region in Oceania in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, consisting of around 2,000 small islands.
What is Micronesia in Hindi?
Micronesia in Hindi is माइक्रोनेशिया (māikroneśiyā). See Micronesia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Micronesia?
Micronesia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Micronesia?
Micronesia is pronounced /ˌmaɪkroʊˈniːʒə/ (Australia).

Words near Micronesia in the dictionary

  1. micronematocyst
  2. micronematocysts
  3. micronematous
  4. microneme
  5. micronemes
  6. Micronesia
  7. Micronesian
  8. Micronesian time
  9. Micronesians
  10. micronet
  11. micronets

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Micronesia (page history and authors); Micronesia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Micronesia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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