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

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

Her training in electrical engineering took her to Wake Island, a military outpost in the Pacific Ocean, where she installed radios in naval aircraft, a priority as war with Japan loomed.

From Seattle Times

“The ‘Wake Island Avengers’ are ready in all respects to work with the British sailors and aircrew aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth,” said U.S.

From Washington Times

For instance, Panamerican Airway radio direction finders on Wake Island, Midway Atoll and Honolulu each picked up distress signals from Earhart and took bearings, which triangulated in the cluster of islands that includes Nikumaroro.

From New York Times