a region of the Pacific Ocean comprising thousands of small islands; also a country
From Greek mikros 'small' + nesos 'island', coined by French explorer Dumont d'Urville in 1831
The name literally means 'tiny islands' in Greek - pretty accurate for a region with over 2,000 islands, most smaller than a city block!
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