HyperDic: okinawa

English > 2 senses of the word Okinawa:
NOUNlocationOkinawathe largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands
actOkinawa, Okinawa campaigna campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945)
Okinawa > pronunciation
Soundsow.kih.naa'wah; ow.kiynaa'wah
Rhymesagua ... Ozawa: 13 rhymes with wah...
English > Okinawa: 2 senses > noun 1, location
MeaningThe largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
Instance ofislandA land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
Part ofRyukyu IslandsA chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific to the to the southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972)
PartsNaha CityThe chief city in the Ryukyu Islands
Region ofOkinawa, Okinawa campaignA campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945)
SpanishOkinawa
CatalanOkinawa
English > Okinawa: 2 senses > noun 2, act
MeaningA campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans.
SynonymOkinawa campaign
Instance ofcampaign, military campaignSeveral related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
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
RegionOkinawaThe largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands

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