Micronesian

English

Etymology

From Micronesia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːʒən

Noun

Micronesian (plural Micronesians)

1. A person from Micronesia or of Micronesian descent.
   • 2008 January 18, John Noble Wilford, “Pacific Islanders’ Ancestry Emerges in Genetic Study”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The researchers also concluded that the genetic data showed that the Polynesians and Micronesians were most closely related to Taiwan Aborigines and East Asians.

Translations

A person from Micronesia or of Micronesian descent

• Afrikaans: Mikronesiër
• Bulgarian: микронезиец m (mikroneziec)
• Catalan: micronesi (ca)
• Dutch: Micronesiër (nl) m, Micronesische (nl) f
• Esperanto: mikroneziano (man or woman), mikronezianino (woman)
• French: Micronésien (fr) m, Micronésienne (fr) f
• Galician: micronesio (gl) m
• German: Mikronesier (de) m, Mikronesierin (de) f
• Italian: micronesiano m, micronesiana f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mikronesier m

  Nynorsk: mikronesiar m

• Portuguese: micronésio (pt) m
• Romanian: micronezian (ro) m, microneziană (ro) f
• Russian: микронези́ец (ru) m (mikronɛzíjec), микронези́йка f (mikronɛzíjka)
• Spanish: micronesio (es) m
• Turkish: Mikronezyalı (tr)

Adjective

Micronesian (not comparable)

1. Of, from or pertaining to Micronesia or the Micronesian people.
   • 2007 May 27, Douglas Martin, “Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.

Translations

Of, from or pertaining to Micronesia or the Micronesian people

• Afrikaans: Mikronesies
• Bulgarian: микронезийски (mikronezijski)
• Catalan: micronesi (ca)
• Dutch: Micronesisch (nl)
• French: micronésien (fr)
• Galician: micronesio (gl)
• German: mikronesisch (de)
• Italian: micronesiano
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mikronesisk

  Nynorsk: mikronesisk

• Portuguese: micronésio (pt)
• Romanian: micronezian (ro)
• Russian: микронези́йский (mikronɛzíjskij)
• Spanish: micronesio (es)