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Tarawa

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Noun

1. bairiki, tarawa

national capital of Kiribati

2. makin, tarawa, tarawa-makin

battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tarawa

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noun
an atoll in Kiribati, occupying a chain of islets surrounding a lagoon in the W central Pacific: the capital of Kiribati, Bairiki, is on this atoll. Pop: 45 989 (2005)

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Tarawa

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coral atoll in the WC Pacific, near the equator: capital of Kiribati: 9 sq mi (23.3 sq km); pop. 25,000

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Tarawa

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The capital of Kiribati, on an atoll in the western Pacific Ocean. It was occupied by the Japanese in 1942 and retaken by US Marines after a hard-fought battle in November 1943.

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