Oki·na·wa /ˌokəˈnɑwə, ˈnaʊə/
Okinawa
n 1: the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands
2: 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]