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Ponape

Ponape is the dated form of Pohnpei.

Meaning of Pohnpei

Proper noun

Pohnpei

  1. An island of Micronesia.
  2. One of the four states that composes the Federated States of Micronesia.

Origin of Ponape

Borrowed from Japanese ポナペ (Ponape), from Pohnpeian Pohnpei.

Words formed from Ponape

Questions about Ponape

What is Ponape the dated form of?
Ponape is the dated form of Pohnpei.

Words near Ponape in the dictionary

  1. pomwaters
  2. pomœrium
  3. pon
  4. Pon Yup
  5. ponalrestat
  6. Ponape
  7. Ponapean
  8. Ponapeans
  9. Ponapeian
  10. Ponapeians
  11. ponasterone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ponape (page history and authors); Pohnpei (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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