mariana islands

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   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

   SynonymsMarianasLadrone Islands

   Broaderarchipelago

   Part ofMicronesia

   PartsNorthern MarianasGuam

Questions about mariana islands

What does mariana islands mean?

mariana islands means "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".

What is another word for mariana islands?

Close synonyms include Marianas, Ladrone Islands. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mariana islands a common word?

mariana islands is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.