Marshall Islands
(亦作the Marshalls)
- a country consisting of two chains of islands in the NW Pacific; pop. 64,500 (est. 2009); languages, English (official), local Austronesian languages; capital, Majuro.马绍尔群岛（太平洋西北部国家, 由两条岛链构成; 2009年估计人口64,500; 语言为英语［官方语言］和当地的奥斯特罗尼西亚语; 首都马朱罗）。
The islands were made a German protectorate in 1885. After being under Japanese mandate following the First World War they were administered by the US as part of the Pacific Islands Trust Territory from 1947 until 1986, when they became a republic in free association with the US.
词源
named after John Marshall, an English adventurer who visited the islands in 1788.