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