Dictionary Home »
Webster's New World College Dictionary » Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands definition
Ma·ri·ana Islands (mer′ē an′ə, mar′-)
group of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines: it includes Guam and the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: formerly (except Guam) a Japanese possession and (1947-86) part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
also Marianas
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Comments
Improve this definition.
Browse dictionary definitions near Mariana Islands
Share on Facebook