Wake Island

American  

noun

1. an island in the N Pacific, belonging to the U.S.: air base. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).

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Wake Island British  

noun

1. an atoll in the N central Pacific: claimed by the US in 1899; developed as a civil and naval air station in the late 1930s. Area: 8 sq km (3 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

No sooner had he found his bunk than the Curtiss put to sea, joining a supply convoy to Wake Island, then to Midway.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

There are three military construction projects in Micronesia for $432 million, seven in the Northern Marianas for $388.6 million, three projects at $180.4 million on Wake Island and one in Palau for $121 million.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023

It departed from California and made refueling stops in Hawaii, Wake Island and Guam before vanishing on the next leg of the flight to the Philippines on March 16, 1962.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2021

The United States manages military installations or assets not only in the Marshall Islands but also on Wake Island, another Pacific atoll, and the Diego Garcia atoll in the Indian Ocean.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2018

Wake Island:   The US annexed Wake Island in 1899 for a cable station.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency