INVASION OF IWO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does invasion of Iwo mean? 

• INVASION OF IWO (noun)
  The noun INVASION OF IWO has 1 sense:

1. a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)

  Familiarity information: INVASION OF IWO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVASION OF IWO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

invasion of Iwo; Iwo; Iwo Jima

Instance hypernyms:

amphibious assault (an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships)

Domain region:

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)

Holonyms ("invasion of Iwo" 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)