Etymology

Saipan

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Today it means: An island, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands. Full definition →

Chamorro Saipan
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  1. Chamorro · borrowed fromSaipan
  2. English todaySaipan

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

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