Okinawa

n 1: the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands [syn: {Okinawa}]

2: a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the

Pacific (April-June 1945); in savage close-quarter

fighting US marines and regular army troops took the

island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory

of the Pacific campaign for the Americans [syn: {Okinawa},

{Okinawa campaign}]