saipan

Noun
  1. The largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States (synset 108857062)
    domain member region: saipan - US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II
    is an instance of: island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
    is a part of: northern mariana islands, northern marianas - a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam
  2. US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944;
    It was an important air base until the end of World War II (synset 101295931)
    domain region: saipan - the largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States
    is an instance of: amphibious assault - an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships
    is a part of: second world war, world war 2, world war ii - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945

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