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Mariana Trench
[ mair-ee-ah-nuh trench, mar- ]
noun
- the world’s deepest oceanic trench, a crescent-shaped depression located in the western Pacific Ocean, south and west of the Mariana Islands: site of the Challenger Deep.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Mariana Trench1
First recorded in 1930–35; named after the Mariana Islands
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Example Sentences
The goal was to get a human being to the bottom of the Mariana Trench for the first time since Cameron was a 5-year-old.
From The Daily Beast
It reached the lowest point of the Mariana Trench in 2009, which is thousands of meters lower than Mount Everest is tall.
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