Tarawa

[ tuh-rah-wuh, tar-uh-wah, tah-rah-wah ]

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noun

one of the Gilbert Islands, in the central Pacific; capital, since 1979, of the independent nation of Kiribati: U.S. victory over Japanese forces after severe fighting, November, 1943. 14 sq. mi. (36 sq. km).

Tarawa

/ təˈrɑːwə /

an atoll in Kiribati, occupying a chain of islets surrounding a lagoon in the W central Pacific: the capital of Kiribati, Bairiki, is on this atoll. Pop: 45 989 (2005)

And it was not the only such affair in which he had been concerned—not on Tarawa alone, but on the neighbouring lagoon of Maiana.

A year ago, our conquest of Tarawa was a little more than a month old.

The fact of the Tarawa having been built in America accounted for the crew, boy Jim and all, being such good guessers.

A trader on Tarawa, heated by an eager rivalry, brought many cases of gin.

He had not the faintest apprehensions about the Tarawa matter.

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