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Okinawa
n.
island southwest of Japan in the north Pacific, largest island of the Ryukyu Islands, site of one of the last major campaigns of World War II in which American troops seized control of the Island (from the Japanese)
Okinawa Prefecture
is the southernmost
prefecture of
Japan. It comprises hundreds of the
Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long. The Ryukyus extend southwest from
Kyushu (the southwesternmost of Japan's main four islands) to
Taiwan. The Okinawa Prefecture encompasses the southern two thirds of that chain.
Naha, Okinawa's capital, is located in the southern part of
Okinawa Island.
Okinawa
Noun
1. the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands
(hypernym) island
(part-holonym) Ryukyu Islands
(part-meronym) Naha City
(class) Okinawa, Okinawa campaign
2. 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
(synonym) Okinawa campaign
(hypernym) campaign, military campaign
(part-holonym) World War II, World War 2, Second World War
(classification) Okinawa
Okinawa
n.
Okinawa, island southwest of Japan in the north Pacific; largest island of the Ryukyu Islands; site of one of the last major campaigns of World War II in which American troops seized control of the Island (from the Japanese)
Okinawa
n.
Okinawa, island southwest of Japan in the north Pacific, largest island of the Ryukyu Islands, site of one of the last major campaigns of World War II in which American troops seized control of the Island (from the Japanese)
