noun
a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
• Syn: ↑Iwo Jima, ↑invasion of Iwo
• Regions: ↑Pacific, ↑Pacific Ocean
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑amphibious assault
• Part Holonyms: ↑World War II, ↑World War 2, ↑Second World War
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/ee"woh/, n.
a city in SW Nigeria. 191,684.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.