(n) a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans, Syn. Okinawa campaign

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Okinawa

prop. n. 1. the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April-June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting US marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans.
Syn. -- Okinawa campaign. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

冲绳

[冲绳 / 沖繩, Chōng shéng] Okinawa #25580

冲绳县

[冲绳县 / 沖繩縣, Chōng shéng xiàn] Okinawa Prefecture #68922

冲绳岛

[冲绳岛 / 沖繩島, Chōng shéng dǎo] Okinawa (island) #69085

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

沖縄

[おきなわ, okinawa] (n) Okinawa (one of the Japanese Ryukyu islands); (P) #1114

おん

[on] (n) (from 拝み) (See 御嶽・うたき) (Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove #3920

内地

[ないち, naichi] (n) (1) (sens) within the borders of a country; domestic soil; (2) inland area; (3) (during the WWII era) Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland; (4) (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu) #16236

うがん

[ugan] (n) (from 拝み) (See 御嶽・うたき) (Okinawa) sacred place; sacred grove

うりずん

[urizun] (n) climate of the third month of the lunar calendar in Okinawa (end of the dry season); early summer

ぐすく

[gusuku] (n) Okinawan fortress

さーたーあんだぎー;サーターアンダキー

[sa-ta-andagi-; sa-ta-andaki-] (n) type of Okinawan doughnut (donut)

しいさあ;シーサー

[shiisaa ; shi-sa-] (n) Okinawan lion statues, used as talisman against evil

ちんすこう;チンスコー

[chinsukou ; chinsuko-] (n) Okinawan sweet