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Okinawa   Listen
proper noun
Okinawa  n.  
1.
The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
2.
A campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April-June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting US marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans.
Synonyms: Okinawa campaign.






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Words linked to "Okinawa" :   World War 2, campaign, military campaign, Second World War



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