Definition of Kwajalein

1. Noun. An atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II.

Group relationships: Marshall Islands
Generic synonyms: Atoll

2. Noun. An amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base.
Generic synonyms: Amphibious Assault
Group relationships: Second World War, World War 2, World War Ii

Definition of Kwajalein

1. Proper noun. Kwajalein atoll. ¹

2. Proper noun. Kwajalein island, Kwajalein atoll. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kwajalein

Kuybyshev
Kuznets
Kuznicki
Kvarken
Kveim
Kveim-Stilzbach antigen
Kveim-Stilzbach test
Kveim antigen
Kven
Kvens
Kwa
KwaZulu
KwaZulu-Natal
Kwaj
Kwajalein (current term)
Kwakiutl
Kwame
Kwan-yin
Kwangchow
Kwangju
Kwangtung
Kwannon
Kwanyama
Kwanza
Kwanzaa
Kwell
Kwere
Kwiatkowski
Ky.

Literary usage of Kwajalein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. High Road to Tokyo Bay: The Aaf in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater by Daniel Haulman (1993)
"After the Seventh Air Force set up heavy bomber bases on Kwajalein in March ... Using Eniwetok, a Marshall atoll northwest of Kwajalein, as a staging base, ..."

2. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"At Kwajalein a wind-break was constructed through the courtesy of the island ... Prior to the actual test on Kwajalein on X-day (15 April 1948) two ..."

3. Across the Reef: The Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War by Victor J. Croizat (2001)
"The 120-square mile Majuro atoll, some 220 miles southeast of Kwajalein, ... The Japanese on Kwajalein were believed to number from eight to ten thousand ..."

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