HyperDic: mariana_islands

English > 1 sense of the expression Mariana Islands:
NOUNlocationMariana Islands, Marianas, Ladrone Islandsa chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan
English > Mariana Islands: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521.
SynonymsMarianas, Ladrone Islands
Instance ofarchipelagoA group of many islands in a large body of water
Part ofMicronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TTA country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States
PartsGuam, GUThe largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States
Northern Marianas, Northern Mariana IslandsA self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam
SpanishIslas Marianas, Marianas
CatalanIlles dels Lladres, Illes Marianes

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