Micronesia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌmaɪkroʊˈniːʒə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈniː.zi.ə/, /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈniː.ʒə/, /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈniː.ʃə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈniː.ʒə/, /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈniː.zi.ə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːʒə

Proper noun

Micronesia

  1. One of the geographical subregions of Oceania.
  2. A country in Oceania. Official name: Federated States of Micronesia.

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Micronesia

  1. Micronesia (a country in Oceania)

Italian

Proper noun

Micronesia f

  1. Micronesia

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Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /mi.kroˈneː.si.a/, [mɪkrɔˈneːs̠iä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mi.kroˈne.si.a/, [mikroˈnɛːs̬iä]

Proper noun

Micronēsia f sg (genitive Micronēsiae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Micronesia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Micronēsia
Genitive Micronēsiae
Dative Micronēsiae
Accusative Micronēsiam
Ablative Micronēsiā
Vocative Micronēsia

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mikɾoˈnesja/ [mi.kɾoˈne.sja]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -esja
  • Syllabification: Mi‧cro‧ne‧sia

Proper noun

Micronesia f

  1. Micronesia

Derived terms
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