makin (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Makin*:
NOUN	act	Makin, Tarawa, Tarawa-Makin	battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943)

Makin > pronunciation
Sounds	mae'kihn
Rhymes	Adrenalin ... zeppelin / Zeppelin: 223 rhymes with ihn...

English > *Makin*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting.
Synonyms	Tarawa, Tarawa-Makin
Instance of	amphibious assault	An amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops / troops that are landed by naval ships
Part of	World War II, World War 2, Second World War	A 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
Region	Gilbert Islands	A group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii

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