saipan

Noun saipan has 2 senses

• saipan(n = noun.location) - the largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States;
is a part of northern mariana islands, northern marianas
is a kind of island

• saipan(n = noun.act) - US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II;
is a kind of amphibious assault
is a part of second world war, world war 2, world war ii