Iwo Jima
/ˌi.woʊ ˈdʒi.mə/
Iwo Jima proper noun: a volcanic island in the Volcano Islands in the North Pacific, now administered as part of Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture and most famous for a major battle in World War II.
Proper noun
Iwo Jima
- A volcanic island in the Volcano Islands in the North Pacific, now administered as part of Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture and most famous for a major battle in World War II.
- Not many weeks before, during the battle for Iwo Jima, Joe Rosenthal, an Associated Press photographer, had taken his inspired photograph of the American flag being raised on Mount Suribachi.1955, Harry S Truman, Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions, volume I, Signet Books, published 1965, →OCLC, →OL, page 82
- At Iwo Jima, code talkers passed over 800 error-free messages in a 48-hour period, according to the Congressional law honoring the program.2019 January 16, Eric Levenson, “Alfred Newman, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, dies at 94”, in CNN
- A volcanic island in the Satsunan Islands in the Philippine Sea, administered as part of Kagoshima.
- Synonyms:
- Satsuma Iwo Jima, Satsuma Iojima, Satsuma Iōjima, Tokara Iwo Jima, Tokara Iojima, Tokara Iōjima
Synonyms of Iwo Jima
Forms of Iwo Jima
| alternative form | Iwojima |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Iwo-Jima |
| alternative form | Io Jima |
| alternative form | Iō Jima |
| alternative form | Io-jima |
| alternative form | Iō-jima |
| alternative form | Iojima |
| alternative form | Iōjima |
Origin of Iwo Jima
From the early modern Japanese misreading Iwōjima for 硫黄島 (Iwōtō, “Sulfur Island”), a calque of English Sulphur Island in accounts of James Cook's voyages, possibly originally from Early Modern Spanish Isla Sufre although the island was left unnamed by its first known discoverer Bernardo de la Torre.
Questions about Iwo Jima
- What does Iwo Jima mean?
- Iwo Jima means a volcanic island in the Volcano Islands in the North Pacific, now administered as part of Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture and most famous for a major battle in World War II.
- What part of speech is Iwo Jima?
- Iwo Jima is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Iwo Jima?
- Iwo Jima is pronounced /ˌi.woʊ ˈdʒi.mə/.
Words near Iwo Jima in the dictionary
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