English word senses marked with place category "Micronesia"
Parent categories: Oceania, Earth, Nature
Subcategories: Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Total 51 word senses
- Baker Island (Proper name) a US 2.1 km² uninhabited atoll just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, geographically together with Howland Island part of the Rawaki Islands
- Banaban (Adjective) Of or pertaining to the island of Banaba, Kiribati.
- Banaban (Noun) A native or inhabitant of Banaba, Kiribati.
- Caroline Islands (Proper name) A widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea, politically divided between the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.
- Colonia (Proper name) An urban area of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
- Federated States of Micronesia (Proper name) The official name of Micronesia, a country consisting of about 600 islands in Oceania. Capital: Palikir.
- Gilbertese (Proper name) An Austronesian language spoken in Kiribati.
- Gilbertese (Noun) A person from the Gilbert Islands in Kiribati.
- Guamanian (Noun) A person from Guam or of Guamanian descent.
- Guamanian (Adjective) Of, from, or pertaining to Guam, the Guamanian people or the Guamanian language.
- Howland Island (Proper name) An uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km) southwest of Honolulu. It is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States.
- I-Kiribati (Noun) A native or inhabitant of Kiribati.
- Jarvis Island (Proper name) A small coral island located in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States.
- Johnston Atoll (Proper name) Johnston Atoll is a small atoll in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States.
- Kingman Reef (Proper name) one of the US-administered Line Islands
- Kiribati (Proper name) A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Kiribati. Capital and largest city: South Tarawa.
- Kiribatian (Noun) A person from Kiribati or of Kiribatian descent.
- Koror (Proper name) The former capital and largest city of Palau
- Marshall (Proper name) A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marin County, California.
- Marshall (Proper name) A number of places in the United States:; A town in Parke County, Indiana.
- Marshall (Proper name) A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Madison County, North Carolina.
- Marshall (Proper name) A number of places in the United States:; A village in Dane County, Wisconsin.
- Marshall Islands (Proper name) A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of the Marshall Islands. Capital and largest city: Majuro.
- Marshallese (Proper name) The Austronesian language of the Marshall Islands.
- Marshallese (Noun) An inhabitant of the Marshall Islands.
- Marshallese (Adjective) Of or pertaining to the Marshall Islands, its people, or its language.
- Micronesia (Proper name) A country consisting of about 2000 islands in Oceania. Official name: Federated States of Micronesia. Capital: Palikir.
- Midway Islands (Proper name) A small group of islands in the central Pacific; a US territory.
- Nauru (Proper name) A country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Republic of Nauru.
- Nauruan (Proper name) the language of Nauru
- Navassa Island (Proper name) An island in the United States, in the Caribbean Sea
- Northern Mariana Islands (Proper name) An archipelago, commonwealth and dependent territory (technically, an unincorporated territory) of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Palau (Proper name) A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.
- Palmyra Atoll (Proper name) An island in the United States, among the islands of Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean
- Republic of Nauru (Proper name) The full official name of Nauru.
- United States minor outlying islands (Noun) A collection of islands and archipelagos, consisting of various dependent territories of the United States, including: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, the Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island.
- Wake Island (Proper name) An island of the United States, among the islands of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior and used solely by the United States Air Force.
- Yapese (Proper name) The Austronesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia, especially by the inhabitants of Yap.
- rai stone (Noun) Any of a class of large, circular stone disks, carved out of limestone, in the island of Yap, Micronesia.
- stone money (Noun) Large circular limestone disks used as a form of currency by the Yapese people.
- 110 (Proper name) The telephone number for firefighting assistance in Norway, Jamaica, Suriname, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Papua New Guinea.
- 111 (Proper name) The telephone number for emergency services in New Zealand and Nauru.
- 111 (Proper name) The telephone number for ambulance services in Papua New Guinea.
- 112 (Proper name) The telephone number for emergency services on all GSM cell phones and in the EU, Russia, United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, the Seychelles, Uganda, East Timor, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Vatican City, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and S…
- 112 (Proper name) The telephone number for ambulance services in Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Burundi, and Burkina Faso.
- 112 (Proper name) The telephone number for law enforcement in South Korea, Norway, Colombia, Serbia, Lebanon, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, and Mauritius.
- 112 (Proper name) The telephone number for firefighting assistance in Equatorial Guinea and Nauru.
- 911 (Proper name) The telephone number for emergency services in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Liberia, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Anguilla, Palau, and Tonga.
- 999 (Proper name) The telephone number for emergency services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Burma, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sudan, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and the Seychelles.
- 999 (Proper name) The telephone number for law enforcement in Singapore, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Eswatini, Botswana, Tanzania, Mauritius, and Trinidad and Tobago.
- 999 (Noun) Emergency services; emergency service personnel.
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