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Saipan

/saɪˈpæn/

Saipan proper noun: an island, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Proper noun

Saipan

  1. An island, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands.
    • Theſe Iſlands were diſcovered by Magellan in the year 1521 ; and by the account given of the two he firſt fell in with, it ſhould ſeem that they were the Iſlands of Saypan and Tinian ; for they are deſcribed in his expedition as very beautiful Iſlands, and as lying between 15 and 16 degrees of...[1748, Richard Walter, A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. by George Anson, Eſq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majeſty's Ships, ſent upon an Expedition to the...

Origin of Saipan

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

Questions about Saipan

What does Saipan mean?
Saipan means an island, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands.
What part of speech is Saipan?
Saipan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Saipan?
Saipan is pronounced /saɪˈpæn/.

Words near Saipan in the dictionary

  1. Sainvils
  2. Sainz
  3. Sainzes
  4. Saionji
  5. Saionjis
  6. Saipan
  7. Saiph
  8. saique
  9. saiques
  10. Sairem
  11. Sairusi

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