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Macaronesia
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macaronésia Macaronèsia Macaronésia
English
Etymology
From en Μακάρων νῆσοι Islands of the Blessed grc -ia place, from grc μάκαρ fortunate + grc νῆσος island. Unrelated to en macaroni.
Pronunciation
en /ˌmakəɹəˈniːʒə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Macaronesia.wav US
Proper noun
en Q105472en A group of four <<archipelagos>> in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Azores (part of <<c/Portugal>>), Madeira (also part of <<c/Portugal>>), the Canary Islands (part of <<c/Spain>>) and the independent country of <<c/Cape Verde>>.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with en Macronesia.
Derived terms
en Macaronesian
Translations
islands in the North Atlantic
Asturian: ast Macaronesia f
Basque: eu Makaronesia
Catalan: ca Macaronèsia f
Estonian: et Makaroneesia
Farefare: gur Makaronesia
Finnish: fi Makaronesia
French: fr Macaronésie f
Galician: gl Macaronesia f
German: de Makaronesien f
Italian: it Macaronesia f
Polish: pl Makaronezja f
Portuguese: pt Macaronésia f
Russian: ru Макароне́зия f