HyperDic: eniwetok

English > 2 senses of the word Eniwetok:
NOUNlocationEniwetokan atoll in the Marshall Islands
actEniwetokWorld War II (February 1944)
English > Eniwetok: 2 senses > noun 1, location
MeaningAn atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs.
Instance ofatollAn island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
Part ofMarshall IslandsA group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia
Region ofEniwetokWorld War II (February 1944)
SpanishEniwetok
English > Eniwetok: 2 senses > noun 2, act
MeaningWorld War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold.
Instance ofamphibious assaultAn amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops / troops that are landed by naval ships
Part ofWorld War II, World War 2, Second World WarA war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
RegionEniwetokAn atoll in the Marshall Islands

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