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Definition of Iwo Jima in English: Iwo Jimaproper nounˌiːwəʊ ˈdʒiːməˌēwə ˈjēmə A small volcanic island, the largest of the Volcano Islands in the western Pacific, 1,222 km (760 miles) south of Tokyo. During the Second World War it was the heavily fortified site of a Japanese airbase, and its attack and capture in 1944–5 was one of the severest US campaigns. It was returned to Japan in 1968.
Rhymes beamer, blasphemer, Colima, creamer, dreamer, emphysema, femur, Kagoshima, lemur, Lima, oedema (US edema), ottava rima, Pima, reamer, redeemer, schema, schemer, screamer, seamer, Selima, steamer, streamer, terza rima, Tsushima Definition of Iwo Jima in US English: Iwo Jimaproper nounˌēwə ˈjēmə A small volcanic island, the largest of the Volcano Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, 760 miles (1,222 km) south of Tokyo. During World War II, it was a heavily fortified site of a Japanese airbase, and its attack and capture in 1944–45 was one of the most severe US campaigns. It was returned to Japan in 1968. |