Definition of Mariana Islands

1. Noun. 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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mariana Islands

Marguerite Radclyffe Hall
Mari
Mari El
Maria
Maria Callas
Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Cherubini
Maria Magdalene von Losch
Maria Meneghini Callas
Maria Mitchell
Maria Montesorri
Maria Tallchief
Mariah
Marian
Marian Anderson
Mariana
Mariana Islands (current term)
Mariana Trench
Marianas
Marianne
Marianne Craig Moore
Marianne Moore
Mariavite
Maricopa
Marie
Marie's ataxia
Marie's disease
Marie-Robinson syndrome
Marie-Strumpell disease
Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont
Marie Antoinette

Literary usage of Mariana Islands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bibliography of the Philippine Islands by Library of Congress, Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin, Philip Lee Phillips (1903)
"1-86, on the Mariana islands. Vol. 2, pp. 471-476, Mariana islanders' vocabulary. Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde. ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"The Ladrones or Mariana Islands add 420 square miles, with 10172 inhabitants. The Army. ... Mariana Islands ..."

3. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997: The National Data Book by United States Government Printing Office, United States Department Of Commerce (1879)
"By an agreement approved by the Security Council and the United States, the Northern Mariana Islands, previously under Japanese mandate, was administered by ..."

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