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n. - The islands in the northwestern part of Oceania;

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  • The term Micronesia may refer to the Federated States or to the region as a whole.
  • Public Health Service who had worked in Micronesia in the early 1990s, when we visited last year.
  • We spotted a glimmer of progress in Micronesia, though not in the Western-style wellness programs.
  • They belong to what is sometimes known as Micronesia, from the extreme diminutiveness of the land masses.
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