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]