Tarawa (n.)

  1. national capital of Kiribati

    [ Syn: tarawa , bairiki ]

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

    [ Syn: tarawa , makin , tarawa-makin ]

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