English noun: Marianas | |||
1. | Marianas (location) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Ladrone Islands, Mariana Islands | ||
Instance hypernym | archipelago | ||
Part holonym | GU, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Marianas | ||
Part meronym | Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia, TT | ||