Definition: Meaning of, Okinawa in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ ˌəʊkɪˈnɑːwə /
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a Japanese island in the west Pacific Ocean, southwest of Kyushu, where an important battle took place between the US and Japan in 1945 near the end of World War II
April to June 1945 a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific ; 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