Definition of mariana islands Mariana islands
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What does mariana islands mean?
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| mariana islands - 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 | ||
| Marianas, Ladrone Islands | ||
| federated states of micronesia, micronesia, tt the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania | ||
| northern mariana islands, northern marianas a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam | ||
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The Mariana Islands (also the Marianas; up to the early 20th century sometimes called "Islas de los Ladrones" meaning "Islands of Thieves") are a group of islands made up by the summits of 15 volcanic mountains in the western Pacific Ocean.
The first European to discover the island group was Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. In 1667 Spain formally claimed them, and named them after Spanish Queen Mariana of Austria.
