Lebanon

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


pat

From Proto-Micronesian *pasa, from Proto-Oceanic *basa, an alternative form of Proto-Oceanic *pasa.


Intia

Borrowed from English India, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδίᾱ (Indíā), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš) (Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).


Kuria

From English Korea, from Sino-Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).


Ānewetak

[ænʲeːwɛːdˠɑk]


Mājro

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English

Majuro (an atoll, the capital city of the Marshall Islands)


Āne-wātak

[ænʲeːwæːdˠɑk]


Āne-wetak

[ænʲeːwɛːdˠɑk]


Arņo

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Arņo (M.O.D.: Arṇo) (person noun ri-Arņo)


Jālwōj

jāl- (“facing”) + wōj (“beauty” or “you”)


Ānewātak

[ænʲeːwæːdˠɑk]


aelōn̄

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aelōn̄ (M.O.D.: aelōñ) (construct aelōn̄in, transitive causative verb kaaelōn̄e, personal noun ri-aelōn̄, distributive verb aelōn̄e)

aelōñ (M.O.D.)
aelōn̄in (construct)
kaaelōn̄e (causative transitive)
ri-aelōn̄ (noun personal)
aelōn̄e (distributive verb)


Aelōn̄in-ae

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲɑːɛ]

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲ ɑɛ]


Kuwajleen

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→ German: Kwajalein
→ English: Kwajalein

→ Japanese: クェゼリン (Kwezerin)


Nukne

Borrowed from English New Guinea. The Guinea portion was itself borrowed from Portuguese Guiné.


Aelōn̄ļapļap

[ɑelʲɤŋ(ɤ)lˠɑbʲ(ɛ)lˠɑpʲ]

[ɑelʲɤŋ lˠɑpʲ lˠɑpʲ]

/ɰæjelʲeŋlˠæpʲlˠæpʲ/


Jebat

Jabat island; Jabot island; Jabwot island


Aelōn̄in Ae

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲɑːɛ]

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲ ɑɛ]


Kuajleen

English: Kwajalein

German: Kwajalein

Japanese: クェゼリン (Kwezerin)


Amedka

[ɑmʲɛrʲ(ɛ)ɡɑ]

/ɰæmʲɛrʲkæɰ/

Borrowed from English America, from New Latin America, feminine latinized form of the Italian forename of Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). Amerigo is an Italian name derived from a Germanic language and which is etymologically related to Emmerich. Doublet of mādke.


Epjā

→ German: Ebeje
→ English: Ebeye
→ German: Ebeye
→ Marshallese: Ibae

→ Japanese: エビゼ (Ebize)

Ebeye (the most populous island of Kwajalein atoll, Marshall Islands)


Nibbon̄

[nʲipˠ pˠɔŋʷ]

/nʲipˠpˠɛŋʷ/

Borrowed from Japanese 日本 (にっぽん, Nippon), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit-pwonX). Doublet of Jepaan.


Ibae

Borrowed from the English sight pronunciation of Ebeye, from a misspelling of German Ebeje, from Marshallese Ebeje, the older orthographic spelling of Epjā.


Pikinni

→ German: Bikini
→ English: Bikini
→ French: Bikini
⇒ French: bikini
→ Dutch: bikini
→ English: bikini
→ Norwegian Bokmål: bikini
→ German: Bikini
→ Portuguese: biquíni
→ Spanish: biquini

pikin (= pik (“surface”) + -in (“of”)) + ni (“coconuts”)


M̧ajeļ

Borrowed from English Marshall, named after John Marshall.

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Jepaan

/tʲɛpʲæɰænʲ/

Borrowed from English Japan, from Portuguese Japão or Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang / Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X). Doublet of Nibbon̄.


Ron̄ļap

[rʷɔŋʷ(ɔ)lˠɑpʲ]

[rʷɔŋʷ lˠɑpʲ]

/rʷɛŋʷlˠæpʲ/


M̧aļoeļap

[mˠɑlˠɔːɛlˠɑpʲ]

[mˠɑlˠɔ ɛlˠɑpʲ]

/mˠælˠɛwjɛlˠæpʲ/


M̧aļo-eļap

[mˠɑlˠɔːɛlˠɑpʲ]

[mˠɑlˠɔ ɛlˠɑpʲ]


Jāmne

Borrowed from English Germany, from Latin Germania.

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


Ļora

Borrowed from English Laura, from Latin Laura, named after Lauren Bacall.


Kuwaam̧

Borrowed from English Guam, from Chamorro Guåhan.


Būranij

[pˠɯrˠɑːnʲitʲ]

Borrowed from English France, itself borrowed from French France and Old French France, ultimately from Latin Francia.


Jipein

Borrowed from English Spain, from Anglo-Norman Espayne, from Late Latin Spania, from earlier Latin Hispānia, from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤍 𐤀𐤉 (ʾiy šapan), meaning "land of hyraxes".


Karoļāin

[kɑrˠɔːlˠæinʲ]


Epatōn

/jɛpʲætˠɛnʲ/


Enm̧aat

[ɛnʲ(ʌ)mˠɑːtˠ]

[ɛnʲ mˠɑɑtˠ]

/jɛnʲmˠæɰætˠ/


Āneeļļapkaņ

[ænʲeːllˠɑbʲ(ɛ)ɡɑnˠ]

Ennylabegan, Kwajalein atoll; Carlos, Kwajalein atoll


Āneeļļap-kaņ

[ænʲeːllˠɑbʲ(ɛ)ɡɑnˠ]


Aļajka

[ɑlˠɑzʲ(ɛ)ɡɑ]

/ɰælˠætʲkæɰ/

Borrowed from English Alaska, borrowed from Aleut alaxsxaq (“that toward which the action of the sea is directed”).


Jemene

/tʲɛmʲɛnʲɛj/


Jāina

Borrowed from English China, from Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čin, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-i), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), probably from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).


Kalboonea

[kɑlʲ(ʌ)bˠɔːnʲɛ̯ɑ]

[kɑlʲ pˠɔɔnʲ ɛ̯ɑ]

/kælʲpˠɛwɛnʲjæɰ/

Borrowed from English California, originally from Spanish California.


Jan̄ai

/tʲæɰŋæɰjij/

Borrowed from English Shanghai, from Mandarin 上海 (Shànghǎi).

Shanghai (a municipality, the largest city in China)


Jikako

Borrowed from English Chicago, from French Checagou, from Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp” or “striped skunk”).

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)


Jitni

Borrowed from English Sydney, from French Saint-Denis.

Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, and the largest city in Australia)


Intiia

Borrowed from English India, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδίᾱ (Indíā), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš) (Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).


Ļaņtōn

[lˠɑnˠ tˠʌnʲ]

/lˠænˠtˠɛnʲ/

Borrowed from English London, from Latin Londīnium.

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Nuwio̧o̧k

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States)


Peljem̧

[pʲɛlʲ tʲɛmˠ]

/pʲɛlʲtʲɛmˠ/


Ebeje

→ Japanese: エビゼ (Ebize)


Jāipaan

[tʲæibʲɑːnʲ]

[tʲæibʲɑɑnʲ]

/tʲæjipʲæɰænʲ/

Borrowed from English Saipan, from Chamorro Sa'ipan.


Jaina

/tʲæɰjinʲæɰ/


Jam̧uwa

[tʲɑːmˠuːwɑ]


Boonpe

Borrowed from English Ponape, itself borrowed from Pohnpeian Pohnpei.


Aujtōrōlia

[ɑutʲ tˠʌrˠʌlʲiɑ]

/ɰæwitʲtˠɛrˠɛlʲijæɰ/

Borrowed from English Australia, from Latin.


Nawōdo

/nʲæɰwɛrʲɛw/


Awai

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.


Kiuba

Borrowed from English Cuba, from Spanish Cuba.

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Bōļau

Borrowed from English Palau, itself borrowed from Palauan Belau.


reba

Borrowed from English river, from Middle English ryver, river, rivere, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Old French riviere, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”).


Bajjipiik

Borrowed from German Pazifik, from Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.


M̧adianna

[mˠɑrʲiɑːnnʲɑ]

[mˠɑrʲi ɑnʲ nʲɑ]

/mˠærʲijɰænʲnʲæɰ/

Borrowed from English Mariana, from Spanish Mariana, queen of Spain.


Kom̧le

→ English: Omelek


Āne-jaōeōe

[ænʲeːzʲɑɤe̯ɤːe̯]

[ænʲe tʲɑɤe̯ ɤe̯]

An atoll islet (āne) where there is said to live a demon that makes the noise "ōeōe".


O̧kōnjo̧

[ɒɡʷʌnʲ tʲɒ]

Borrowed from English Arkansas, from the name of the Arkansas River, from French Arcansas, a (plural) designation of either a Siouan tribe or the Quapaw.


Eijia

Borrowed from English Asia, itself borrowed from Latin.


Mejjiko

[mʲɛtʲ tʲiɡɔ]

Borrowed from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mexihco.


Bōļao

/pˠɛlˠæɰwɛw/


Aelōn̄inae

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲɑːɛ]

[ɑelʲɤŋinʲ ɑɛ]


Piji

From English Fiji, from Fijian Viti Levu (“Great Viti”).


Āne-buoj

Enubuj or Carlson islet, Kwajalein atoll


Taewan

/tˠæɰjɛwænʲ/

Borrowed from English Taiwan, from earlier Tayuan, Tayoan, or other variants, from Siraya tau (“people”) + an (“place”).


Mejatto

[mʲɛzʲɑttˠɔ]

[mʲɛzʲɑtˠ tˠɔ]

/mʲɛtʲætˠtˠɛw/


Kōn̄e-jekāān-eņ

[kɤŋeːzʲɛɡæːnʲɛːnˠ]

[kɤŋe tʲɛɡæænʲ ɛnˠ]

Gugeegue or Gugegwe islet, Kwajalein atoll


Ruot im Nim̧ur

Ruot (“Roi”) + im (“and”) + Nim̧ur (“Namur”). Formerly three separate islands (along with Āne-dikdik), now all joined by coral landfill.


Āne-bōn

[ænʲeːbˠɤnʲ]

Ennubirr islet or Third Island, Kwajalein atoll


kapilōn̄

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kapilōn̄ (M.O.D.: kapilōñ) (person noun ri-kapilōn̄)

kapilōñ (M.O.D.)
ri-kapilōn̄ (noun person)

[kɑbʲiːlʲɤŋ]


kipilōn̄

kipilōn̄ (M.O.D.: kipilōñ) (person noun ri-kipilōn̄)

kipilōñ (M.O.D.)
ri-kipilōn̄ (noun person)


On̄kon̄

[wɔŋʷ kʷɔŋʷ]

Borrowed from English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2, “Fragrant Harbor”).

Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)


ļwe

ļwe (M.O.D.: ḷwe) (construct form ļwein)

(alienable) a small pool, either on a reef at low tide, or in the interior of an island


toļ

toļ (M.O.D.: toḷ) (distributive verb ttoļtoļ, construct form toļin)

toḷ (M.O.D.)
ttoļtoļ (distributive verb)
toļin (construct)


Jidni

Sydney (a city in New South Wales, Australia)


Epejām

Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia#English

Federated States of Micronesia (a country in Oceania)