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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II;

2. an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kwajalein \Kwajalein\ prop. n. A battle of World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese airbase. [WordNet 1.5] Kwan yin
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Kwajalein n 1: an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II 2: an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base