BATTLE OF WAKE ISLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Battle of Wake Island mean? 

• BATTLE OF WAKE ISLAND (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF WAKE ISLAND has 1 sense:

1. in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF WAKE ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF WAKE ISLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of Wake; Battle of Wake Island

Instance hypernyms:

amphibious assault (an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships)

Domain region:

Wake; Wake Island (an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii)

Holonyms ("Battle of Wake Island" is a part of...):

Second World War; World War 2; World War II (a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945)