Sai·pan /saɪˈpæn, ˈpɑn, ˈsaɪˌ/
Saipan
n 1: 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
2: US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July
1944; it was an important air base until the end of World
War II