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WAKE ISLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
Synonyms:
Wake; Wake Island
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Domain member region:
Battle of Wake; Battle of Wake Island (in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines)
Holonyms ("Wake Island" is a part of...):
Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)
