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nouna country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
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nounthe islands in the northwestern part of Oceaniapart of:
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- tt a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
- oceania a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)
- 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
- tuvalu a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii
- micronesia a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
- nauru 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
- marshall islands a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia
- ladrone islands 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
- gilbert and ellice islands a former British possession in Micronesia
- caroline islands a long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia to the east of the Philippines