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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Example Sentences

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

For five days they tried to make Guam against head winds, then gave it up and headed hopelessly for the Caroline Islands or the Philippines.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Similar forces could fight step by step through Japan's Marshall and Caroline Islands, finishing what the Navy spectacularly began in February with hit-&-run raids.

From Time Magazine Archive

We had often seen this done by the natives ot the western Caroline Islands, for the birds are very stupid, and allow themselves, when not on the wing, to be approached quite closely.

From Yorke The Adventurer by Becke, Louis