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Kwajalein
[ kwah-juh-leyn, -luhn ]
noun
- an atoll in the Marshall Islands, in E Micronesia. About 78 miles (126 km) long.
Kwajalein
/ ˈkwɑːdʒəˌleɪn /
noun
- an atoll in the W Pacific, in the W Marshall Islands, in the central part of the Ralik Chain. Length: about 125 km (78 miles)
Example Sentences
Roi-Namur is a small island about 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii and is the second-largest island of the Kwajalein Atoll, a loop of coral reefs in the Marshall Islands.
Army garrison on Kwajalein Atoll is the No. 2 employer in the islands behind the Marshall Islands government.
The outlays also include money for long-neglected civilian infrastructure around the crucial U.S. missile test range on Kwajalein Atoll, the source said.
Kwajalein now supports U.S. missile and missile-defense testing, space launches and space surveillance.
The test reentry vehicle flew about 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the Air Force said Friday.
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