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/ˌoʊkˌɪnˈɑwə/ /ˌoʊkinˈɑwə/ Listen

Okinawa

noun

The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.

A 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. Synonym: Okinawa campaign.

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