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   Mariana Islands

   /ˌmarɪˈɑːnə/

   • 1. a group of islands in the western Pacific, comprising Guam and the Northern Marianas.

   Word Origin translating Las Marianas, the name given by Spanish colonists to the islands, in honour of Maria Anna, widow of Philip IV.

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