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.

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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.

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