Okinawa - Definition
okinawa
n 1: the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands
2: a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific
(April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United
States 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]