Synonyms for okinawa
ˌoʊ kəˈnaʊ wə, -ˈnɑ wəok·i·nawa

Princeton's WordNet

1. Okinawanoun

   the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands

2. Okinawa, Okinawa campaignnoun

   a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans

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1. • Ryukyu Islands
   • Campaign
   • Island

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1. List of paraphrases for "okinawa":

   okinawan, ryukyu, kyushu-okinawa

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How to use okinawa in a sentence?

1. Peter Galvin:

   So they're going to ignore the Trump connections with the Russians and go straight to investigating efforts to save endangered wildlife like the Okinawa dugong? It's an anti-wildlife agenda in search of a wild conspiracy theory.

2. Daigo Shiomitsu:

   Until yesterday, there was no coastal observation unit west of the main Okinawa island. It was a vacuum we needed to fill, it means we can keep watch on territory surrounding Japan and respond to all situations.

3. Shigenori Tsuhako:

   Japan is part of Japan and when you hurt your little finger the whole body feels pain. I want Abe to feel Okinawa's pain.

4. Serina Tsubakihara:

   Park Lee said. Park Lee posted a lengthy message on Facebook in Chinese and Japanese after seeing several photos were taken in Japan. He said clues indicated the camera was owned by young people and posted several of the photos to help identify the owner. Within a day his post received more than 10,000 shares and a response from the owner, Serina Tsubakihara. Park Lee said he believed the camera was owned by someone who was younger based on the photos. ( Park Lee & Serina Tsubakihara) I couldn't believe Park Lee, Serina Tsubakihara told the BBC. I was super surprised when my friends told me about this and sent me the post with those pictures. Serina Tsubakihara said Serina Tsubakihara lost the camera in 2015 while Serina Tsubakihara was on vacation on the island of Ishigaki, Okinawa, about 155 miles east of Taiwan. The camera then drifted hundreds of miles, eventually washing ashore the beach in Taiwan. Park Lee posted several pictures to help identify the owner. ( Park Lee & Serina Tsubakihara) I was scuba diving and I lost the camera when one of my friends ran out of air and needed my help.

5. United States:

   The base issue is tied to all of our other problems but we don't want to just limit the discussion to the United States military presence, we need to open up a dialogue about Okinawa's future.