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Webster 1913 Edition


Micronesian

Mi′cro-ne′sian

,
Adj.
[From
Micronesia
, fr. Gr.
μικρόσ
small +
νῆσοσ
an island.]
Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines, etc.