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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Iwo

· IPA /ˈaɪwoʊ/
01 prop. n. a bloody and prolonged military operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
  1. 1.
    a bloody and prolonged military operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
Syn. Iwo Jima, invasion of Iwo.