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Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east, and ...

, a subregion of Oceania composed of hundreds of small islands in the Pacific Ocean. Micronesian may refer to:

People and society

Micronesian people The Micronesians or Micronesian peoples are various closely related ethnic groups native to Micronesia, a region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. They are a part of the Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, which has an Urheimat in Taiwan. Ethno ...

, people from the general region of Micronesia *

Micronesian citizen The nationality law of the Federated States of Micronesia determines who is or may become a citizen or national of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Article III of the Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia provides the basis fo ...

, a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia, an independent sovereign island nation ** Micronesian passport, issued by the Federated States of Micronesia * Micronesian Americans, Americans descended from people of the Federated States of Micronesia *

Micronesian Japanese Large-scale Japanese settlement in Micronesia occurred in the first half of the 20th century when Imperial Japan colonised much of Micronesia. Between 1914 and 1945, the modern-day Micronesian territories of the Northern Mariana Islands, the ...

, people from Japan who settled in Micronesia in the first half of the 20th century *

Micronesian mythology Micronesian mythology comprises the traditional belief systems of the people of Micronesia. There is no single belief system in the islands of Micronesia, as each island region has its own mythological beings. Region Micronesia is a region in t ...

, the traditional belief systems of the people of Micronesia *

Micronesian languages The twenty Micronesian languages form a family of Oceanic languages. Micronesian languages are known for their lack of plain labial consonants; they have instead two series, palatalized and labio-velarized labials. Languages According to Jackso ...

, twenty languages forming a family of Oceanic languages *

Micronesian Pidgin English Micronesian Pidgin is an English-based pidgin language spoken in nineteenth-century Micronesia. It may have been related to Melanesian Pidgin English, due to a number of workers from Melanesia. English-speaking traders dominated the area from ...

, an English-based pidgin language spoken in nineteenth-century Micronesia

Biology

Micronesian imperial pigeon The Micronesian imperial pigeon (''Ducula oceanica''), also known as the Micronesian pigeon, and Belochel is a species of bird in the family Columbidae (doves). It is found in Palau, the Caroline Islands, the Marshall Islands and Nauru. Its habit ...

, a species of bird in the family Columbidae *

Micronesian kingfisher Micronesian kingfisher is a common name used to refer to several species of bird of the genus ''Todiramphus'' found in neighboring island countries of the western Pacific Ocean. * Guam kingfisher, ''Todiramphus cinnamominus'' * Pohnpei kingfisher ...

, a group of kingfishers from the Pacific Islands of Guam, Pohnpei and Palau *

Micronesian megapode The Micronesian megapode or Micronesian scrubfowl (''Megapodius laperouse'') is an endangered megapode which inhabits islands of the Western Pacific Ocean. Description The Micronesian megapode is a stocky medium-sized bird that is mostly dark ...

, an endangered megapode which inhabits islands of the Western Pacific Ocean *

Micronesian myzomela The Micronesian myzomela (''Myzomela rubratra'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. The species forms a superspecies with a number of related and similar looking island and mainland myzomelas across the Pacific and Austra ...

, a species of bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidaeyes *

Micronesian starling The Micronesian starling (''Aplonis opaca'') is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of ...

, a species of starling in the family Sturnidae *

Micronesian swiftlet The island swiftlet, also known as the Caroline swiftlet, Micronesian swiftlet, or Caroline Islands swiftlet, (''Aerodramus inquietus'') is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the unifor ...

, a species of swift in the family Apodidae

Other

Micronesian Games The Micronesian Games (or Micro Games, MicroGames) are a quadrennial international multi-sport event within the Micronesian region. The Games were first held in 1969 in Saipan ( Northern Mariana Islands). The 2010 Micronesian Games were initially ...

, a quadrennial international multi-sport event within the Micronesian region

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