Crossword clues for okinawa
okinawa
- Karate's birthplace
- Birthplace of karate
- WWII Japanese battle site
- The largest of the Ryukyu Islands
- Site of the largest WWII Allied Pacific amphibious assault
- Site of 1945 fighting
- Ryukyu island
- Region of southern Japan, scene of fierce fighting in 1945
- Pacific battleground of 1945
- Pacific battle site in WWII
- Last major battle site of WWII
- Karate was developed there
- Japanese island where "The Karate Kid Part II" is set
- Japanese island home to 32 U.S. military bases
- Island where karate was developed
- Island of southern Japan
- Island invaded by the Americans in 1945
- Island in the news, April 1945
- Island called "The Keystone of the Pacific" by the Department of Defense
- Historic Ryukyu Island
- Historic Japanese island
- 1945 battleground
- 1945 battle zone
- 1945 island dogfight site
- Pacific battle site of 1945
- Landing site of 4/1/45
- Pacific island in major W.W. II fighting
- Battle site of 1945
- U.S. base site in the Pacific
- The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands
- Considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans
- A campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945)
- In savage close-quarter fighting US marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese
- Largest of the Ryukyus
- Pat O'Brien W.W. II film
- Largest of the Ryukyu Islands
- One of the five main islands of Japan
- Old family, one at war endlessly somewhere in Japan
- All family members at home in Scots island?
- Love family vacationing perhaps in Scotland or Japanese city
- Japanese island, capital Naha
- WWII battle site
- Battleground of 1945
- 1945 Pacific battle site
- WWII battle site in the Pacific
- Site of WWII's last major battle
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Okinawa \Okinawa\ prop. n.
the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
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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 campaign.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
largest of the Ryuku island chain, Japanese, literally "rope on the sea." Related: Okinawan.
Wikipedia
Okinawa Prefecture is Japan's southernmost of all prefecture
Okinawa may also refer to:
- Okinawa, Okinawa, the second largest city in the prefecture
- Okinawa Island, the largest island in the prefecture
- Okinawa Islands, an island group including Okinawa Island and its neighbours
- Battle of Okinawa
- Okinawa (film), a 1952 American film by Leigh Jason
Okinawa is a 1952 War film directed by Leigh Jason, starring Pat O'Brien and Cameron Mitchell.
Usage examples of "okinawa".
From Kadena, Okinawa, the planes would fly daily twelve-hour missions, codenamed Burning Candy and Combat Apple, to the Gulf of Tonkin.
Alex went into a beverage shop and bought a bottle of Awamori, an Okinawa sweet-potato brandy that was smooth and delicious to the Japanese palate but coarse and acrid by Western standards.
Curzon knew, as perhaps not everyone on Okinawa did, that by the time they arrived at Renaga, they would find themselves nose to nose with a decloaking Romulan warbird.
The F-4s in South Korea had not finished converting to conventional weapons, and the F-105s from Okinawa were still an hour away from their refueling base in South Korea.
At 23:49, we received a SITREP from Admiral Patterson NE of Okinawa indicating that the Task Force is under attack, that several vessels were lost, and that he was taking evasive action.
If I wait for the Bureau mill to grind out a relief for me I'll still be in Okinawa when the war with Russia starts.
And so to prove my worth I'm always the first one to jump up, stand on the bed and place my hand respectfully over my heart -- I'm only a civilian -- to show my allegiance to my father's madness for a country that has given him a barge and a badge at Okinawa in exchange for an honorable discharge.
Matthews was at his desk taking a navigational fix on the radio signals from Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and Haddock stood beside him.
He was proficient in Ryu Kyu No Te, a form of the martial arts originating in Okinawa, but had hoped never to use it in earnest.
He tried to get into the Marines, but when they found out he was a good swimmer and a non-citizen they put him in a sailor suit and made him drive a barge in Okinawa.
This latter contingent included the 3rd Marine Division based on Okinawa, and the Army's 25th Light Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks on Oahu.