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
双语例句
Japan is testing its new high-tech fighter planes in a joint exercise with the US soldiers in the Northern Marianas Islands. 日本在位于北方马里亚纳群岛地区举行的日美联合训练中测试了它新型的先进战斗机。