Northern Mariana Islands

English

The Northern Mariana Islands, highlighted in the Pacific, alongside the rest of the United States of America

Alternative forms

• Northern Marianas

Etymology

Northern + Mariana + islands This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː.ðən ˌmæɹ.iˈæn.ə ˈaɪ.ləndz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹ.ðɚn ˌmɛɹ.iˈæn.ə ˈaɪ.ləndz/

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Proper noun

Northern Mariana Islands

1. An archipelago, commonwealth and dependent territory (technically, an unincorporated territory) of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
   • 2022 January 24, K-Andrea Evarose Limol, “97% of eligible population fully vaccinated in CNMI, says CHCC”, in Guam Daily Post‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 May 2022:

     As of Wednesday, 97.3% of the eligible population in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or 41,937 individuals, had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to figures provided by the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.

Translations

archipelago

• Chamorro: Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北馬里亞納群島／北马里亚纳群岛 (zh) (Běi Mǎlǐyǎnà qúndǎo)

• Danish: Nordmarianerne
• Dutch: Noordelijke Marianen (nl) pl
• French: îles Mariannes du Nord (fr) f pl, Mariannes du Nord f pl
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთ მარიანას კუნძულები (črdiloet marianas ḳunʒulebi)
• German: Nördliche Marianen (de) f pl
• Hungarian: Északi-Mariana-szigetek (hu)
• Irish: na hOileáin Mháirianacha Thuaidh m, Máirianas Thuaidh
• Italian: Isole Marianne Settentrionali f pl
• Japanese: 北マリアナ諸島 (Kita Mariana shotō)
• Korean: 북마리아나 제도 (bungmariana jedo)
• Latin: Insulae Marianae Septentrionales
• Polish: Mariany Północne (pl) f pl
• Russian: Се́верные Мариа́нские острова́ m pl (Sévernyje Mariánskije ostrová), Се́верные Мариа́ны f pl (Sévernyje Mariány)
• Scots: Northren Mariana Islands
• Spanish: Islas Marianas del Norte (es) f pl
• Ukrainian: Півні́чні Маріа́нські Острови́ (Pivníčni Mariánsʹki Ostrový)

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world