micronation

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• UK: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ.neɪ̯.ʃən/
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• US: /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌneɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiōbor. Old French nacionbor. Middle English nacioun English nation English micronation From micro- (“very small”) + nation (“a sovereign state; country”). Compare microcountry, mini-nation, mini-country and ministate. The first sense was coined on 11 March 1973 by the editors of the Lansing State Journal (see quotations) in a republication of an article by Philip J. Hilts, originally writing for Potomac Magazine (Sunday supplement to The Washington Post), and so-called because most micronations are small in size. The article was referring to the unrecognised political entities listed in the Ephemeral States file, a collection of physical micronational records maintained by the Office of the Geographer of the United States Department of State, launched in 1933.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiōbor. Old French nacionbor. Middle English nacioun English nation English micronation From micro- (“very small”) + nation (“a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life or ethnicity”).

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: micronatie — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Georgian: მიკროერი (miḳroeri) — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Georgian: მიკროსახელმწიფო (miḳrosaxelmc̣ipo) — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Georgian: მიკროქვეყანა (miḳrokveq̇ana) — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• German: Mikronation — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Icelandic: smáþjóð — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Indonesian: negara mikro — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Italian: micronazione — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Portuguese: micronação — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Romanian: micronațiune — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Serbo-Croatian: микронација — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Serbo-Croatian: mikronacija — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Spanish: micronación — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Thai: ประเทศจําลอง (bprà-têet-jam-lɔɔng) — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state
• Vietnamese: vi quốc gia — Entity that claims to be a sovereign state