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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
tarawa-makin is a noun meaning "battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting". It carries one recorded sense.
battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
Gilbert Islands
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tarawa-makin come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.