BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Battle of Guadalcanal mean? 

• BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL has 1 sense:

1. a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of Guadalcanal; Guadalcanal

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Guadalcanal (a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth)

Holonyms ("Battle of Guadalcanal" 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)