General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: The Northern Mariana Islands
- Official English country name: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Northern Marianan
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of the Northern Mariana Islands
- ISO country codes: MP, MNP, 580
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:MP
- Internet country code top-level domain: .mp
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