guadalcanal

English Thesaurus

1. a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces (noun.act)

instance hypernym	:	pitched battle,
definition	:	a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place (noun.act)

part meronym	:	second world war, world war 2, world war ii,
definition	:	a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945 (noun.act)

domain region	:	guadalcanal,
definition	:	a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth (noun.location)

2. a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	island,
definition	:	a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water (noun.object)

part meronym	:	solomon islands, solomons,
definition	:	the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth (noun.location)

domain member region	:	battle of guadalcanal, guadalcanal,
definition	:	a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces (noun.act)