Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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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- proper noun A
volcanic island inJapan ’s Ogasawara Islands chain, officially called Iōtō in Japanese. - proper noun A volcanic island located in the Satsunan Shoto, an island group south of
Kyushu , also known as Satsuma Iojima. - proper noun A decisive battle during
World War II .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan
- noun a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
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Examples
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They had a Japanese man up in front of the audience introducing the film by explaining that there was this tiny island out in the middle of the Pacific called Iwo Jima that was the site of a fierce battle between the Japanese and Americans.
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Would a majority of the people -- or, in this case, a majority of the soldiers -- chosen to fight that bloody battle for that small piece of rock called Iwo Jima?
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The nearest U.S. ships with helicopters are part of a seven-ship task force headed by the Iwo Jima, which is in the Red Sea.
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The nearest U.S. ships with helicopters are part of a seven-ship task force headed by the Iwo Jima, which is in the Red Sea.
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Letters from Iwo Jima, which is almost entirely in Japanese, is nominated as best foreign language film.
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The nearest U.S. ships with helicopters are part of a seven-ship task force headed by the Iwo Jima, which is in the Red Sea.
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And not only is the USS Gonzalez involved, it's also the Iwo Jima, which is an amphibious assault ship, along with six other ships that are being pressed into service.
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That would be by Marines off the Iwo Jima, which is currently at anchor off the Lebanese coast.
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But the more practical option may be moving a number of Marine amphibious warships, headed by the USS Iwo Jima, that is now in the northern Red Sea conducting an exercise with Jordan.
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When my father was stationed in Okinawa in the mid-50's as a Marine, he went to Iwo Jima, which is still a restricted area and controlled by the Japanese self-defense forces.
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