marianas

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marianas - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]