Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- The capital of Kiribati, an island group of the western Pacific Ocean, formerly known as the Gilbert Islands. It was occupied by the Japanese in 1942 and retaken by U.S. Marines after a hard-fought battle in November 1943.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. national capital of Kiribati
- n. battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
Examples
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“It was meant for the smith’s son, who was then an officer on an island called Tarawa.”
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“The Central Pacific thrust began with landings on Tarawa and Makin in the Gilbert Islands in November 1943.”
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“Associated Press Two Marines participated in bitter fighting on the remote Pacific island of Tarawa in December 1943.”
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