Meaning of Okinawa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A prefecture and island group of Japan.
2. The main island of the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
3. The second-largest city on Okinawa Island, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
4. The Battle of Okinawa, which took place on the island of Okinawa in 1945.
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Examples

“Anyone who knew our military installation in Okinawa knew it was a room full of gasoline waiting for someone to strike a match. We had forty-two bases on the island with more than twenty thousand personnel. All of them were living and conducting exercises right up against Okinawan civilian neighborhoods.”

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