Macaronesian.

Brit.

/ˌmakərə(ʊ)ˈniːzjə/,

/ˌmakərə(ʊ)ˈniːʒə/, U.S.

/ˌmækəroʊˈniʒə/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Greek μακάρων νῆσοι.

Etymology: Alteration of ancient Greek μακάρων νῆσοι Islands of the Blessed (islands in the western ocean later identified with the Canaries, etc.; < μακάρων , genitive plural of μάκαρ blessed, fortunate (see macarize v.) + νῆσοι , plural of νῆσος island), after Polynesia (see polynesia n.), etc. (see -ia suffix¹).

Chiefly Botany.

A biogeographical region which embraces islands in the eastern North Atlantic, principally the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the Cape Verde Islands.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Iberian peninsula and islands > [noun]

Macaronesia1878

1878 J. D. Hooker & J. Ball Jrnl. Tour Marocco 444 Almost all the species common to the Atlas and to Macaronesia are widely spread Mediterranean plants that ascend from the low country into the valleys.

1917 H. B. Guppy Plants, Seeds & Currents in W. Indies & Azores xviii. 416 The parent stocks have since been driven from their European home, and the Laurel woods of Macaronesia are all that remains of a period when trees now characteristic of Asia and America formed the forests of our continent.

1947 R. Good Geogr. Flowering Plants viii. 143 Erica arborea..is distributed northward from tropical Africa well into the Mediterranean region and in Macaronesia.

1973 Nature 1 June 261/1 The term Macaronesia is a collective name for the Atlantic Islands including Madeira, the Azores, the Canary Islands and the Cape Verde Islands which have long been recognized by plant geographers as together forming a floristic region characterized by many common elements associated with high endemism.

1996 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 4085 Most evolutionary studies of oceanic islands have focused on the Pacific Ocean. There are very few examples from the Atlantic archipelagos, especially Macaronesia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	macaronesia
释义	Macaronesian. Brit. /ˌmakərə(ʊ)ˈniːzjə/, /ˌmakərə(ʊ)ˈniːʒə/, U.S. /ˌmækəroʊˈniʒə/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Greek μακάρων νῆσοι. Etymology: Alteration of ancient Greek μακάρων νῆσοι Islands of the Blessed (islands in the western ocean later identified with the Canaries, etc.; < μακάρων , genitive plural of μάκαρ blessed, fortunate (see macarize v.) + νῆσοι , plural of νῆσος island), after Polynesia (see polynesia n.), etc. (see -ia suffix¹). Chiefly Botany. A biogeographical region which embraces islands in the eastern North Atlantic, principally the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the Cape Verde Islands. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Iberian peninsula and islands > [noun] Macaronesia1878 1878 J. D. Hooker & J. Ball Jrnl. Tour Marocco 444 Almost all the species common to the Atlas and to Macaronesia are widely spread Mediterranean plants that ascend from the low country into the valleys. 1917 H. B. Guppy Plants, Seeds & Currents in W. Indies & Azores xviii. 416 The parent stocks have since been driven from their European home, and the Laurel woods of Macaronesia are all that remains of a period when trees now characteristic of Asia and America formed the forests of our continent. 1947 R. Good Geogr. Flowering Plants viii. 143 Erica arborea..is distributed northward from tropical Africa well into the Mediterranean region and in Macaronesia. 1973 Nature 1 June 261/1 The term Macaronesia is a collective name for the Atlantic Islands including Madeira, the Azores, the Canary Islands and the Cape Verde Islands which have long been recognized by plant geographers as together forming a floristic region characterized by many common elements associated with high endemism. 1996 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 4085 Most evolutionary studies of oceanic islands have focused on the Pacific Ocean. There are very few examples from the Atlantic archipelagos, especially Macaronesia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1878
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