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Okinawa - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Okinawa : (noun)
1: the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands [syn: Okinawa]
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 [syn: Okinawa,
Okinawa campaign]
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