Macaronèsia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μακαρονησίᾱ (Makaronēsíā), from μάκαρ (mákar, “fortunate”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mə.kə.ɾuˈnɛ.zi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mə.kə.ɾoˈnɛ.zi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.ka.ɾoˈnɛ.zi.a]

Proper noun

Macaronèsia f

1. Macaronesia (A group of four archipelagos in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Azores (part of Portugal), Madeira (also part of Portugal), the Canary Islands (part of Spain) and the independent country of Cape Verde))

Meronyms

• Açores
• Cap Verd
• Illes Canàries
• Madeira
• Illes Salvatges

Derived terms

• macaronèsic