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Iwo Jima
/ˌi.woʊ ˈdʒi.mə/
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What does Iwo Jima mean?
proper noun
- A volcanic island in the Volcano Islands in the North Pacific, now administered as part of Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture and most famous for a major battle in World War II.
- A volcanic island in the Satsunan Islands in the Philippine Sea, administered as part of Kagoshima.
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/ˌi.woʊ ˈdʒi.mə/
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Seeking to secure peace in the world, we have had to fight through the forests of the Argonne, to the shores of Iwo Jima, and to the cold mountains of Korea.