资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Micronesian \Mi"cro*ne"sian\, a. [From Micronesia, fr. Gr.
mikro`s small + nh^sos an island.]
Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of
the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean,
embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the
Carolines, etc.
Micronesians \Mi`cro*ne"sians\, n. pl.; sing. {Micronesian}.
(Ethnol.)
A dark race inhabiting the Micronesian Islands. They are
supposed to be a mixed race, derived from Polynesians and
Papuans.