ALL meanings of caroline islands
Car·o·line is·land
C c - noun plural caroline islands an archipelago of over 500 islands and islets in the W Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, all of which are now part of the Federated States of Micronesia, except for the Palau group: formerly part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; centre of a typhoon zone. Area: (land) 1183 sq km (457 sq miles) 3
- noun caroline islands archipelago in the W Pacific: in 1979, four of its five districts gained internal self-government as the Federated States of Micronesia, but remained a part of the Pacific Islands until 1990 3