tarawa

Noun
  1. National capital of Kiribati (synset 108859956)
    is an instance of: national capital - the capital city of a nation
    is a part of: kiribati, republic of kiribati - an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator
    same as: bairiki
  2. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943);
    United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting (synset 101299188)
    domain region: gilbert islands - a group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979
    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
    same as: makin, tarawa-makin

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