Saipan

English Etymology From en ch Saipan. A folk etymology connects it with the cal - for “empty place”. Pronunciation en /saɪˈpæn/ sī-pän′ sī-păn′Sai·pan 674 1 sī′pănSaipan 1646 3 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Saipan.wav Southern England Proper noun en island/capital territory/Northern Mariana Islands. en 1748 Richard Walter A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. by George Anson, Eſq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majeſty's Ships, ſent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. https://archive.org/details/voyageroundworld00walt_0/ London J. and P. Knapton 993050528 337 https://archive.org/details/voyageroundworld00walt_0/page/n446/ Theſe Iſlands were diſcovered by Magellan in the year 1521 ; and by the account given of the two he firſt fell in with, it ſhould ſeem that they were the Iſlands of Saypan and Tinian ; for they are deſcribed in his expedition as very beautiful Iſlands, and as lying between 15 and 16 degrees of North latitude. Theſe characteriſtics are particularly applicable to the two above mentioned places ; for the pleaſing appearance of Tinian hath occaſioned the Spaniards to give it the additional name of Buenaviſta ; and Saypan, which is in the latitude of 15° : 22' North, affords no contemptible proſpedt when ſeen from the ſea, as may be ſufficiently evinced from the annexed view of its North Weſt ſide, taken at three leagues diſtance. on Translations island Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 塞班 Japanese: ja サイパン, ja 彩帆 Korean: ko References Further reading pn Anagrams en aainps apians paisan