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Micronesian
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English
Etymology
en :af Micronesia -an + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˌmaɪkɹəˈniːziən/ /ˌmaɪkɹəˈniːʒən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Micronesian.wav Southern England
en iːʒən 4
Noun
A person from Micronesia or of Micronesian descent.
en 2008-01-18 John Noble Wilford Pacific Islanders’ Ancestry Emerges in Genetic Study w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/world/asia/18islands.html The researchers also concluded that the genetic data showed that the Polynesians and Micronesians were most closely related to Taiwan Aborigines and East Asians. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112024414/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/world/asia/18islands.html
Translations
A person from Micronesia or of Micronesian descent
Afrikaans: af Mikronesiër
Asturian: ast micronesiu m, ast micronesia f
Bulgarian: bg микронезиец m
Catalan: ca micronesi
Dutch: nl Micronesiër m, nl Micronesische f
Esperanto: eo mikroneziano man or woman, eo mikronezianino woman
French: fr Micronésien m, fr Micronésienne f
Galician: gl micronesio m
German: de Mikronesier m, de Mikronesierin f
Italian: it micronesiano m, it micronesiana f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb mikronesier m
Nynorsk: nn mikronesiar m
Polish: pl Mikronezyjczyk m, pl Mikronezyjka f
Portuguese: pt micronésio m
Romanian: ro micronezian m, ro microneziană f
Russian: ru микронези́ец m mikronɛzíjec, ru микронези́йка f mikronɛzíjka
Spanish: es micronesio m
Turkish: tr Mikronezyalı
Adjective
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Of, from or pertaining to Micronesia or the Micronesian people.
en 2007-05-27 Douglas Martin Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76 w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/us/27kapahulehua.html He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608222931/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/us/27kapahulehua.html
Translations
Of, from or pertaining to Micronesia or the Micronesian people
Afrikaans: af Mikronesies
Asturian: ast micronesiu
Bulgarian: bg микронезийски
Catalan: ca micronesi
Dutch: nl Micronesisch
French: fr micronésien
Galician: gl micronesio
German: de mikronesisch
Icelandic: is míkrónesískur
Italian: it micronesiano
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb mikronesisk
Nynorsk: nn mikronesisk
Polish: pl mikronezyjski
Portuguese: pt micronésio
Romanian: ro micronezian
Russian: ru микронези́йский mikronɛzíjskij
Spanish: es micronesio
en terms suffixed with -ian
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