Caroline Islands

American  

plural noun

1. a group of more than 500 islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: formerly a Japanese mandate; now under U.S. trusteeship. 525 sq. mi. (1,360 sq. km).

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Caroline Islands British  

plural noun

1. an archipelago of over 500 islands and islets in the W Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, all of which are now part of the Federated States of Micronesia, except for the Palau group: formerly part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; centre of a typhoon zone. Area: (land) 1183 sq km (457 sq miles)

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Caroline Islands

Germany also gained some of the smaller island groups—Palau, Caroline Islands, and Mariana Islands—by the beginning of the twentieth century.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Mother Mary Columba's army stretches from Peru to the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific, from Korea to Manhattan's Chinatown.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the Caroline Islands, that fine powder of islands lying in the West Pacific, the Japanese sampans point southward.

From Time Magazine Archive

TGR Untracked: Caroline Islands: The Jeep World of Adventure Sports takes you on a journey to the untamed and untracked Caroline Islands.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seems that similar parties of castaways from the Pelew and Caroline Islands had been known to reach Mindanao and other parts of the Philippines at an even earlier date.

From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows