Iwo Jima

[ ee-wuh jee-muh, ee-woh; Japanese ee-waw jee-mah ]

noun

1. one of the Volcano Islands, in the N Pacific, S of Japan: under U.S. administration after 1945; returned to Japan 1968.

Iwo Jima

/ ˈdʒiːmə /

noun

1. an island in the W Pacific, about 1100 km (700 miles) south of Japan: one of the Volcano Islands; scene of prolonged fighting between US and Japanese forces until taken by the US in 1945; returned to Japan in 1968. Area: 20 sq km (8 sq miles) Official Japanese nameIō-tō

Iwo Jima

1. An island in the Pacific Ocean , taken from the Japanese by United States Marines near the end of World War II after a furious battle.

Notes

The battle has been immortalized by a famous photograph and a sculpture based on the photograph of half a dozen Marines raising the flag of the United States on a summit on Iwo Jima.

Example Sentences

A World War II Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima died while traveling to France to participate in an event commemorating D-Day, a veterans organization said.

From New York Times

Ira Hayes, who helped raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima.

From Los Angeles Times

He added that the new island, half a mile off the southern coast of the island of Iwo Jima, had already shrunk because its “crumbly” formation made it vulnerable to erosion.

From BBC

No injuries or damages have been reported on Iwo Jima, hundreds of miles from Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean, since the ongoing eruption began.

From New York Times

His father was a Marine who fought at Iwo Jima, his mother served as a nurse.

From Seattle Times