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Macaronesia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌmakəɹəˈniːʒə/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μακάρων νῆσοι (Makárōn nêsoi, “Islands of the Blessed”) + -ia, from μάκαρ (mákar, “fortunate”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”). Unrelated to English macaroni.

Meanings

  1. A group of four archipelagos in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Azores (part of Portugal), Madeira (also part of Portugal), the Canary Islands (part of Spain) and the independent country of Cape Verde.

Deriveds

Macaronesian

Translations (13)

it Macaronesia (islands in the North Atlantic) · et Makaroneesia (islands in the North Atlantic) · ca Macaronèsia (islands in the North Atlantic) · fr Macaronésie (islands in the North Atlantic) · de Makaronesien (islands in the North Atlantic) · pl Makaronezja (islands in the North Atlantic) · fi Makaronesia (islands in the North Atlantic) · ast Macaronesia (islands in the North Atlantic) · ru Макароне́зия (islands in the North Atlantic) · pt Macaronésia (islands in the North Atlantic) · gl Macaronesia (islands in the North Atlantic) · eu Makaronesia (islands in the North Atlantic) · gur Makaronesia (islands in the North Atlantic)