English noun: Okinawa | |||
1. | Okinawa (location) the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands | ||
Instance hypernym | island | ||
Part holonym | Naha City | ||
Part meronym | Ryukyu Islands | ||
Domain region members | Okinawa, Okinawa campaign | ||
2. | Okinawa (act) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Okinawa campaign | ||
Instance hypernym | campaign, military campaign | ||
Part meronym | Second World War, World War 2, World War II | ||
Domain region | Okinawa | ||