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Look up: okinawa

  1. Okinawa
    The USS Okinawa is an American Iwo Jima Class amphibious assault ship of 11000 tons light displacement launched in 1961. The USS Okinawa is powered by two Combustion Engineering boilers providing a top speed of 23 knots and carries a crew of 686 including 48 officers plus 1746 troops and 1500 tons o...
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  2. Okinawa
    [n] - the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands 2. [n] - a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Okinawa
    Okinawa campaign noun 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 i...
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  4. Okinawa
    noun the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands
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  5. Okinawa
    ken (prefecture), Japan, in the East China Sea. The prefecture is composed of the Ryukyu Islands (q.v.). Okinawa Island is the largest in the Ryukyu ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/11

  6. Okinawa
    city, Okinawa ken (prefecture), Japan. It is situated in the central part of Okinawa Island and was designated as a new city in 1974. Originally ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/11

  7. okinawa
    • the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands
    • a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting US 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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  8. Okinawa
    Okinawa (ō"kinä'wä) , island (1990 pop. 1,222,458), 454 sq mi (1,176 sq km), W Pacific Ocean, SW of Kyushu; a part of Okinawa prefecture, Japan. It is the largest of the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Islands archipelago. Naha is the largest city and chief port. Okinawa is a l...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A083

  9. Okinawa
    Group of islands, 520 km/323 mi from the Japanese mainland, forming part of the Japanese Ryukyu Islands in the west Pacific; Okinawa is also the name of the largest island, and of a city on Okinawa; area 2,250 sq km/869 sq mi; population (1995 est) 1,318,000. The capital is Naha
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  10. Okinawa
    The Main Island of the Ryukyu Archipelago
    Found on http://www.wadoryu.co.uk/horsham_karate_



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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