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/mˌaɪkroʊnˈiʒə/ Listen

Micronesia

noun

A country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986. Synonyms: Federated States of Micronesia, TT.

The islands in the northwestern part of Oceania.

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"Micronesia" Quotes from Famous Books

... which is the nofu of the Samoans, and is widely known throughout Polynesia, and Melanesia under different names, does not disguise its deadly character under a beautiful exterior like the stinging fish of Micronesia, which I have described above. The nofu which is also met with on the coasts of Australia, is a devil undisguised, and belongs to the angler family. Like the octopus or the death-adder (Acanthopis antarctica) of Australia, he can ...

— John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish - 1901 • Louis Becke

... forty-two years he labored patiently in pressing himself and what he knew upon Hawaiian youth—nearly a thousand in all—many of whom are now pastors, leading lawyers, men of affairs, missionaries to Micronesia, and the men who stand for righteousness in the native churches. Great events and advances in science were exciting his native land, but he worked on, struggling for things unseen and eternal. Amid uninspiring surroundings, and performing many menial duties, he led a high spiritual and ...

— A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 - [Samuel John Mills] • Elisabeth G. Stryker

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