Micronesian

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person from Micronesia or of Micronesian descent.

    "The researchers also concluded that the genetic data showed that the Polynesians and Micronesians were most closely related to Taiwan Aborigines and East Asians."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from or pertaining to Micronesia or the Micronesian people. not-comparable

    "He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain."

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"Three Micronesian sailors have been rescued from a tiny Pacific island after the large distress signal they wrote in the sand was spotted from above."

Etymology

From Micronesia + -an.

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