Eniwetok

[en-uh-wee-tok, uh-nee-wi-tok]

noun

an atoll in the NW Marshall Islands: atomic and hydrogen bomb tests 1947–52.

Enewetak

or En·i·we·tok

[en-uh-wee-tok, uh-nee-wi-tok]

noun

an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, in the Marshall Islands: atomic bomb tests 1947–62.

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Historical Examples of eniwetok

The first of these surveys was conducted near Eniwetok and Bikini.
Atoms, Nature, and Man
Neal O. Hines
This transformation has been brought to pass in the seven years from Alamogordo to Eniwetok.
State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Eniwetok offers an instance of the toughness of an animal population exposed both to direct and long-range radiological impact.
Atoms, Nature, and Man
Neal O. Hines
In that year, too, tests were made at Eniwetok preliminary to the detonation of the first thermonuclear device.
Atoms, Nature, and Man
Neal O. Hines

British Dictionary definitions for eniwetok

Eniwetok

noun

an atoll in the W Pacific Ocean, in the NW Marshall Islands: taken by the US from Japan in 1944; became a naval base and later a testing ground for atomic weapons. Pop: 820 (1999 est)Official name: Enewetak

Enewetak

noun

the official name for Eniwetok

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