Okinawa
[oh-kuh-nou-wuh, -nah-wuh; Japanese aw-kee-nah-wah]
- the largest of the Ryukyu Islands, in the N Pacific, SW of Japan: taken by U.S. forces April–June 1945 in the last major amphibious campaign of World War II. 544 sq. mi. (1409 sq. km).
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Contemporary Examples
Instead, they were deployed more than 3,000 miles away, in Okinawa, Japan.
On ships, and on overseas bases like Okinawa, the options are even more limited.
Not only is Paleo flipping evolution upside down, but a second retro diet for future health, the Okinawa, comes in at number six.
About the only thing they had in common was being in the same U.S. Marine unit during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.
Diamond reckons the latter as 0.14 percent of the Dani population—more than at Okinawa.
Savaging Primitives: Why Jared Diamond’s ‘The World Until Yesterday’ Is Completely WrongStephen Corry
January 30, 2013
Historical Examples
The unit which was stationed at Atsugi spent four to six weeks in Okinawa late in 1957.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Generally speaking, they have held true of Americans in times past from Lexington to Okinawa.
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Okinawa
- a coral island of SW Japan, the largest of the Ryukyu Islands in the N Pacific: scene of heavy fighting in World War II; administered by the US (1945–72); agricultural. Chief town: Naha. Pop: 1 318 218 (2000). Area: 1176 sq km (454 sq miles)
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Word Origin and History for okinawa
Okinawa
largest of the Ryuku island chain, Japanese, literally "rope on the sea." Related: Okinawan.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Okinawa
[(oh-kuh-nah-wuh, oh-kuh-now-uh)]
Island in the western Pacific Ocean; part of Japan.
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Note
During World War II, American forces seized the island from Japan in a particularly bloody campaign. It was returned to Japan in 1972.
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