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Okinawa   /ˌoʊkˌɪnˈɑwə/  /ˌoʊkinˈɑwə/   Listen
Okinawa

noun
1.
The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
2.
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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Words linked to "Okinawa" :   military campaign, Okinawa campaign, World War 2, Second World War, Ryukyu Islands, campaign, island, World War II, Naha City


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