Eniwetok

En·i·we·tok  (n-wtk, -nw-)

See Enewetak.

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Eniwetok [ˌɛnəˈwiːtɒk əˈniːwɪˌtɔːk]

n

(Placename) an atoll in the W Pacific Ocean, in the NW Marshall Islands: taken by the US from Japan in 1944; became a naval base and later a testing ground for atomic weapons. Pop.: 715 (latest est.)

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Noun	1.	Eniwetok - an atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs Eniwetok - World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold Marshall Islands - a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia
	2.	Eniwetok - World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945 Eniwetok - an atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs