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Country whose capital is Palikir
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micronesia
Alternative clues for the word micronesia
- A country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States
- Small car to tour one's island, or islands
- The islands in the northwestern part of Oceania
- Scenario unfolding on busy route, somewhere in the north-west Pacific
- Mariana Islands region
- Marshall Islands site
- Achieved independence in 1986
Word definitions for micronesia in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Micronesia (from , mikrós , "small" + , nêsos , "island") is a subregion of Oceania , comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean . It has a shared cultural history with two other island regions, Polynesia to the east and Melanesia ...
Usage examples of micronesia.
So Alualu was never an American territory, and when the Federated States of Micronesia declared independence, they didn't include Alualu.
But no, the United States nukes one little atoll in Micronesia (Bikini) and they go away, saying, "Well, I guess that ought to do for twenty-five thousand years or so.
We have reserved a seat for you on tomorrow's Air Micronesia flight to Yap, where we have arranged transport aboard the supply ship, Micro Trader, to Alualu.
There are no active cargo cults in Micronesia, nor are there any cannibals.
In Micronesia, in the Marshalls, with which my acquaintance is no more than that of a tourist, I could find no trace at all.