Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT

a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986

• country, state, land — the territory occupied by a nation

• Kolonia — capital of Micronesia
• Mariana Islands, Marianas, Ladrone Islands — a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia halfway between New Guinea and Japan
• Caroline Islands — a long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia east of the Philippines
• Marshall Islands — a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia
• Tuvalu, Ellice Islands — a group of coral islands in Micronesia southwest of Hawaii
• Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati — an island republic in the west central Pacific just south of the equator
• Gilbert and Ellice Islands — a former British colony in Micronesia
• Nauru, Nauru Island, Pleasant Island — a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia west of the Gilbert Islands

• Micronesia — the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania