midway islands

Noun
  1. An atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu;
    Site of an important United States naval base (synset 109103514)
    domain member region: battle of midway, midway - naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
    is an instance of: atoll - an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
    is a part of: h.i., hawaiian islands, sandwich islands - a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific

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