Meanings
proper noun
- A continental region in Oceania in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, consisting of around 2,000 small islands.
- The Federated States of Micronesia (a country consisting of about 700 islands in the Micronesia region).
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
From Ancient Greek μικρόνησος (mikrónēsos, “small island”, from μικρός (mikrós, “small, minimum”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”)) + -ia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Mikronesië
- MikronesiëTranslations
Arabic مِيكْرُونِزِيَا
- مِيكْرُونِزِيَا (mīkrūniziyā)Translations
Bengali মাইক্রোনেশিয়া
- মাইক্রোনেশিয়া (maikrōneśiẏa)Translations
Bulgarian Микроне́зия
- Микроне́зия (Mikronézija)Translations
Catalan Micronèsia
- MicronèsiaTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 密克羅尼西亞 /密克罗尼西亚, 米克羅尼西亞 /米克罗尼西亚
- 密克羅尼西亞 /密克罗尼西亚 (Mìkèluóníxīyà)Translations
- 米克羅尼西亞 /米克罗尼西亚 (Mìkèluóníxīyà)Translations
Czech Mikronésie
- MikronésieTranslations
Danish Mikronesien
- MikronesienTranslations
Dutch Micronesië
- MicronesiëTranslations
Esperanto Mikronezio
- MikronezioTranslations
Estonian Mikroneesia
- MikroneesiaTranslations
Finnish Mikronesia
- MikronesiaTranslations
French Micronésie
- MicronésieTranslations
German Mikronesien
- MikronesienTranslations
Greek Μικρονησία
- Μικρονησία (Mikronisía)Translations
Hebrew מִיקְרוֹנֶזְיָה
- מִיקְרוֹנֶזְיָה (mikronézya)Translations
Hindi माइक्रोनेशिया
- माइक्रोनेशिया (māikroneśiyā)Translations
Hungarian Mikronézia
- MikronéziaTranslations
Icelandic Míkrónesía
- MíkrónesíaTranslations
Indonesian Mikronesia
- MikronesiaTranslations
Irish an Mhicrinéis
- an MhicrinéisTranslations
Italian Micronesia
- MicronesiaTranslations
Japanese ミクロネシア
- ミクロネシア (Mikuroneshia)Translations
Korean 미크로네시아
- 미크로네시아 (Mikeuronesia)Translations
Latvian Mikronēzija
- MikronēzijaTranslations
Lithuanian Mikronezija
- MikronezijaTranslations
Malay Mikronesia
- MikronesiaTranslations
Norwegian Bokmål Mikronesia
- MikronesiaTranslations
Persian میکرونزی
- میکرونزی (mikronezi)Translations
Polish Mikronezja
- MikronezjaTranslations
Portuguese Micronésia
- MicronésiaTranslations
Romanian Micronezia
- MicroneziaTranslations
Russian Микроне́зия
- Микроне́зия (Mikronɛ́zija)Translations
Slovak Mikronézia
- MikronéziaTranslations
Spanish Micronesia
- MicronesiaTranslations
Swedish Mikronesien
- MikronesienTranslations
Tagalog Mikpuluan, Micronesia
- MikpuluanTranslations
- MicronesiaTranslations
Thai ไมโครนีเซีย
- ไมโครนีเซีย (mai-kroo-nii-siia)Translations
Turkish Mikronezya
- MikronezyaTranslations
Ukrainian Мікроне́зія
- Мікроне́зія (Mikronézija)Translations
Urdu مائیکرونیشیا
- مائیکرونیشیا (mā'ikronīśiyā)Translations
Vietnamese Tiểu Đảo, Mi-crô-nê-di
- Tiểu ĐảoTranslations
- Mi-crô-nê-diTranslations
- Mai-crô-nê-xi-aTranslations
Yiddish מיקראָנעזיע
- מיקראָנעזיע (mikronezye)Translations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Micronesia
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
Micronesia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Micronesia
MLA
“Micronesia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Micronesia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Micronesia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Micronesia.
Source: Micronesia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.