Tarawa

[tə'rɑ:wə;tɑ:'rɑ:wɑ:;'tɑ:rɑ:wɑ:]

(noun.) battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting.

(noun.) national capital of Kiribati.

Typist: Stacey--From WordNet