Marianas (n.)

  1. a 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

    [ Syn: mariana islands , marianas , ladrone islands ]

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