Definitions of Micronesia
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a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986synonyms: Federated States of Micronesia, TT
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the islands in the northwestern part of Oceaniaexample of:archipelagoa group of many islands in a large body of water
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