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Saipan

sai·pan

UK/saɪˈpæn/ US/ˈseɪpʌn/ rare

noun

1.

the largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States

2.

US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II

Origin

From Chamorro Saipan. A folk etymology connects it with the Carolinian for “empty place”.

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