HyperDic: tarawa

English > 2 senses of the word Tarawa:
NOUNlocationTarawa, Bairikinational capital of Kiribati
actTarawa, Makin, Tarawa-Makinbattles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943)
English > Tarawa: 2 senses > noun 1, location
Meaningnational capital of Kiribati.
SynonymBairiki
Instance ofnational capitalThe capital city of a nation
Part ofKiribati, Republic of KiribatiAn island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator
SpanishBairiki, Tarawa
English > Tarawa: 2 senses > noun 2, act
Meaningbattles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting.
SynonymsMakin, Tarawa-Makin
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
RegionGilbert IslandsA group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii

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