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Iwo Jima

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Noun

1. iwo jima

the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan

2. invasion of iwo, iwo, iwo jima

a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Iwo Jima

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noun
an island in the W Pacific, about 1100 km (700 miles) south of Japan: one of the Volcano Islands; scene of prolonged fighting between US and Japanese forces until taken by the US in 1945; returned to Japan in 1968. Area: 20 sq km (8 sq miles)
. Official Japanese name: Iō-tō

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Iwo Jima

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small island of the Volcano Islands in the W Pacific: captured from the Japanese by U.S. forces in WWII (1945); returned to Japan (1968): c. 8 sq mi (20.7 sq km)
: Jpn. name ˈIˈwo To (ˈiwoʊˈtoʊ ; ēˈwōtōˈ)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Iwo Jima

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The largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean east of Taiwan. The island was the scene of severe fighting during World War II.

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