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Marianas
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marianas
English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
en proper noun form
en Mariana
Etymology 2
en Spanish Queen Mariana of Austria = 1634 1696.
Proper noun
Mariana Islands
The Marianas
en archipelago in the western ocean/Pacific Ocean, a part of the geographical Micronesia.
en 1979 w:Gerald Ford Boyhood—and Beyond A Time to Heal https://archive.org/details/timetohealautobi00ford/ New York w:Berkley Books 1980 0-425-04693-1 245909398 24222026M 57 https://archive.org/details/timetohealautobi00ford/page/57/ After refueling and taking on supplies in New Guinea, we steamed north and east to support the landings on Kwajalein and Eniwetok and the thrusts against the island of Truk. We participated in the famous "Turkey Shoot" in the Marianas, during which we decimated the enemy's forces.
Synonyms
en Mariana Islands
Derived terms
en Mariana Trench Marianas Trench Northern Marianas Northern Mariana Islands
Translations
archipelago in Micronesia
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Marianene
Nynorsk: nn Marianane
Polish: pl Mariany p
Thai: th มาเรียนา
Anagrams
en aaaimnrs Samarian samarian
Latin
Adjective
la adjective form Mariānās
la Mariānus acc f p