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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan;

2. 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, Iwo Jima, invasion of Iwo]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Iwo Jima n 1: the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan 2: 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, Iwo Jima, invasion of Iwo]