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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It was held by Spain, Germany, and Japan before being captured by US troops in July 1944 during World War II. It was part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947 to 1978 and now serves as the capital of the Northern Marianas.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II
- noun 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
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Examples
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SAIPAN -- Over 1,000 alien workers on Saipan, comprised mostly of Filipinos and Chinese, flocked to the Job Fair Guam at the American Memorial Park Amphitheater Saturday afternoon.
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The Web site www. baby saipan. com -- with facilities in Garapan, Saipan -- offers similar services to expectant mothers from Korea, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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I got it right after the Saipan campaign was over, and we were coming back, we had been hit in Saipan and we were coming back, so I took the test and I was in the
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Anyone who saw Bill Moyer's report knows that DeLay enabled slavery in Saipan and he was removed from Congress for a host of criminal activities, including rigging elections in Texas.
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I got it right after the Saipan campaign was over, and we were coming back, we had been hit in Saipan and we were coming back, so I took the test and I was in the
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I got it right after the Saipan campaign was over, and we were coming back, we had been hit in Saipan and we were coming back, so I took the test and I was in the
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The eccentric Hillblom preferred life in Saipan, an island in Micronesia, for not just its tax benefits but also for the remote lifestyle.
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But as chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Frank Murkowski became furious at the abusive sweatshop conditions endured by workers, overwhelmingly immigrants, in the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, of which Saipan is the capital.
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The administration of that portion of the trust territory which includes the islands of Tinian and Saipan is hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Navy, such transfer to become effective on January 1, 1953. 2.
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I think he’s still in Saipan, but he’ll be back for the War on Christmas.
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