Definition of Northern Mariana Islands in English:
Northern Mariana Islands
proper noun
A self-governing territory in the western Pacific, comprising the Mariana Islands with the exception of the southernmost, Guam; population 51,500 (est. 2009); languages, English (official), Austronesian languages; capital, Chalan Kanoa (on Saipan). The Northern Marianas are constituted as a self-governing commonwealth in union with the United States.
Definition of Northern Mariana Islands in US English:
Northern Mariana Islands
proper noun-ˈänə
A self-governing territory in the western Pacific, comprising the Mariana Islands with the exception of Guam; population 51,500 (est. 2009); capital, Chalan Kanoa (on Saipan). The Northern Mariana Islands are constituted as a self-governing commonwealth in union with the US.