Micronesian Explained

Micronesian describes something of, from, or related to Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania composed of hundreds of small islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Micronesian may refer to:

People and society

• Micronesian people, people from the general region of Micronesia
• Micronesian citizen, 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, people from Japan who settled in Micronesia in the first half of the 20th century
• Micronesian mythology, the traditional belief systems of the people of Micronesia
• Micronesian languages, twenty languages forming a family of Oceanic languages
• Micronesian Pidgin English, an English-based pidgin language spoken in nineteenth-century Micronesia

Biology

• Micronesian imperial pigeon, a species of bird in the family Columbidae
• Micronesian kingfisher, a group of kingfishers from the Pacific Islands of Guam, Pohnpei and Palau
• Micronesian megapode, an endangered megapode which inhabits islands of the Western Pacific Ocean
• Micronesian myzomela, a species of bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidaeyes
• Micronesian starling, a species of starling in the family Sturnidae
• Micronesian swiftlet, a species of swift in the family Apodidae

Other

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

See also

• Pacific Islander