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

Derived terms

  • macaronèsic
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