Mariana Trench: Meaning and Definition of

Mar'ian'a Trench'

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  1. a depression in the ocean floor of the Pacific, S and W of the Mariana Islands: site of greatest known depth of any ocean. 36,201 ft. (11,034 m) deep.
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