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- proper noun politics The next chain of
archipelagos out from theEast Asian continental mainland coast , beyond thefirst island chain . Principally composed of the Bonin Islands, Marianas Islands, Caroline Islands; fromHonshu toNew Guinea .
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From a Mandarin term
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