1. battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting; [syn: Tarawa, Makin, Tarawa-Makin]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Tarawa-Makin
n 1: battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943);
United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese
after bitter fighting [syn: Tarawa, Makin, Tarawa-
Makin]