IWO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Iwo mean? 

• IWO (noun)
  The noun 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: IWO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• 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 ("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)

 Context examples 

Denotes the inhabitants of Iwo Jima, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Iwo Jiman, NCI Thesaurus)