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micronesian

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Adjective, Noun
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Mi=cro=ne=sian

CIDE DICTIONARY

micronesiana. [From Micronesia, fr. Gr. mikro`s small + nh^sos an island.].
     Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

micronesian, adj. & n.
--adj. of or relating to Micronesia, an island-group in the W. Pacific.
--n. a native of Micronesia.

Etymology
Micronesia, formed as MICRO- + Gk nesos island

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