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micronesia
/ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈniː.ʒə/
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What does micronesia mean?
proper noun
- A continental region in Oceania in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, consisting of around 2,000 small islands.
- The Federated States of Micronesia (a country consisting of about 700 islands in the Micronesia region).
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In addition Micronesia earns about $4 million a year in fees from foreign commercial fishing concerns.
In addition, the US has diplomatic relations with 13 nations that are not in the UN--Andorra, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, San Marino, South Korea, Switzerland, Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Vatican City.
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It is found amongst nearly all the native tribes of America; the peoples of Malaysia, Melanesia, Australia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, the Dravidian tribes of India; in Africa it is found in the eastern Sahara, the Soudan, the east and west coast, and in the centre of the continent, but not to the exclusion, altogether, of father-right, while in the north the intrusion of Europeans and the followers of Islam has tended to suppress it.