北马里亚纳群岛

Traditional form:

北馬里亞納群島

Pinyin (reading):

Běi Mǎlǐyànà Qúndǎo

Definitions:

• Northern Mariana Islands

Characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 马 - horse; surname
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 亚 - Asia; second
• 纳 - to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
• 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob
• 岛 - island

Traditional characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 馬 - horse; surname
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 亞 - Asia; second
• 納 - to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
• 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob
• 島 - island