micronesia
English Thesaurus
1. the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | archipelago, |
| definition | : | a group of many islands in a large body of water (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | federated states of micronesia, micronesia, tt, |
| definition | : | a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986 (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | oceania, oceanica, |
| definition | : | a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago) (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | austronesia, |
| definition | : | islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia) (noun.location) |
2. a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986 (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | country, land, state, |
| definition | : | the territory occupied by a nation (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kolonia, |
| definition | : | capital of Micronesia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | ladrone islands, mariana islands, marianas, |
| definition | : | a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | caroline islands, |
| definition | : | a long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia to the east of the Philippines (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | marshall islands, |
| definition | : | a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | ellice islands, tuvalu, |
| definition | : | a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kiribati, republic of kiribati, |
| definition | : | an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | nauru, nauru island, pleasant island, |
| definition | : | a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | micronesia, |
| definition | : | the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania (noun.location) |
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