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Marshall Islands

country on a group of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, east of the Caroline Islands: formerly a Japanese mandate & formerly (1947-86) part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: 70 sq mi (181 sq km); pop. 43,000; cap. Dalap-Uliga-Darrit

Etymology: after John Marshall, Brit explorer (1788)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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