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LADRONE ISLANDS [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

A chain of 15 islands in the North Pacific, discovered by Magellan (1521), the chief being Guam, Saipan, Rota and Tinian. Except for Guam, they form a part of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific set up in 1947.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

Archipel de la Micronésie dans l'océan Pacifique, comprenant 15 îles volcaniques et montagneuses; la plus vaste, Guam, est devenue territoire américain en 1898 et le reste des îles, administrées par le Japon entre 1914 et 1945, sont devenues «Territoire sous tutelle des îles du Pacifique» entre 1947 et 1976 et constituent le «Commonwealth des Mariannes du Nord» depuis 1977.

OBS

Le générique du nom d'îles prend la minuscule dans un texte suivi, et la majuscule dans une liste, sur une carte géographique ou un panneau de signalisation.

Spanish

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