found: Web. geog.(Caroline Islands or Carolines, or Ger. Karolinen (former German possession))
found: Lippincott(Caroline Islands, formerly called New Philippines)
found: Hezel, F.X. Strangers in their own land : a century of colonial rule in the Caroline and Marshall Islands, ©1995:p. xiii (the Carolines; Micronesian islands) p. 6 (Caroline Islands)
found: Britannica online, July 17, 2018(Caroline Islands, archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, the islands of which make up the republics of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia; the Carolines)
found: The Columbia gazetteer of the world, c1998:Caroline Islands (archipelago, c.830 sq mi/2,150 sq km, W Pacific, just N of the equator; the isls. now exist politically as 2 entities: the Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia) Micronesia (one of the 3 main divisions of Oceania, in W Pacific Ocean, mostly N of the equator; Micronesia as a geographical region includes the Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, Palau (Belau), Mariana Isls., Gilbert Islands, and Nauru)