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 Ta·ra·wa /təˈrɑwə, ˈtærəˌwɑ/

 Tarawa
      n 1: national capital of Kiribati [syn: Bairiki]
      2: battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943);
         United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese
         after bitter fighting [syn: Makin, Tarawa-Makin]