GUADALCANAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Guadalcanal mean? 

• GUADALCANAL (noun)
  The noun GUADALCANAL has 2 senses:

1. a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth

2. a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces

  Familiarity information: GUADALCANAL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUADALCANAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Domain member region:

Battle of Guadalcanal; Guadalcanal (a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces)

Holonyms ("Guadalcanal" is a part of...):

Solomon Islands; Solomons (the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of Guadalcanal; Guadalcanal

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Guadalcanal (a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth)

Holonyms ("Guadalcanal" is a part of...):

Second World War; World War 2; World War II (a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945)