federated states of micronesia
Noun
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A country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States;
Achieved independence in 1986 (synset 108856040)has:- kolonia - capital of Micronesia
- ladrone islands, mariana islands, marianas - a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521
- caroline islands - a long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia to the east of the Philippines
- marshall islands - a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia
- ellice islands, tuvalu - a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii
- kiribati, republic of kiribati - an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator
- gilbert and ellice islands - a former British possession in Micronesia
- nauru, nauru island, pleasant island - a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands
is a part of: micronesia - the islands in the northwestern part of Oceaniasame as: micronesia, tt
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