kwajalein (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *Kwajalein*:
NOUN	location	Kwajalein	an atoll in the western Marshall ... / Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II
NOUN	act	Kwajalein	an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944)

English > *Kwajalein*: 2 senses > noun 1, location
Meaning	An atoll in the western Marshall ... / Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II.
Instance of	atoll	An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
Part of	Marshall Islands	A group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia
Region of	Kwajalein	An amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944)

English > *Kwajalein*: 2 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	An amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base.
Instance of	amphibious assault	An amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops / troops that are landed by naval ships
Part of	World War II, World War 2, Second World War	A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
Region	Kwajalein	An atoll in the western Marshall ... / Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II

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