Marianas n. 马里亚那群岛
marianas[ 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
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- Representatives of the Northern Marianas Islands told Congress on Tuesday that the United States has ignored the provision of its convenant with their government that calls for periodic talks.
- Magellan colonized the Marianas in the 1500s, mandating Christianity and providing a major ingredient in the modern Chamorro language, a mixture of Micronesian, Spanish, Japanese and English.
- Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands remained under a typhoon alert, although the projected path of the storm would take it south of the Marianas and away from any other islands, Atangan said.