NOUN
- national capital of Kiribati
- battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
How To Use Tarawa In A Sentence
- Kiribatigeneral assessment: generally good quality national and international service domestic: wire line service available on Tarawa and Kiritimati (Christmas Island); connections to outer islands by HF/VHF radiotelephone; wireless service available in Tarawa since 1999 international: country code - 686; Kiribati is being linked to the Pacific Ocean Cooperative Telecommunications Network, which should improve telephone service; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) Telephone system
- Marines will be landing from several San Diego-based ships, led by the amphibious assault ships Tarawa and Peleliu.
- Each such group is comprised of one or two Tarawa or Wasp general purpose amphibious assault ships, NAS Whidbey Island, as well as auxiliary vessels.
- Marines will be landing from several San Diego-based ships, led by the amphibious assault ships Tarawa and Peleliu.
- The main island, the Tarawa atoll, is only a few metres above sea level and houses around 40,000 people.
- Generations of Joneses have served heroically on the battlefield, from the beaches of Tarawa in World War II, to Foxtrot Ridge in Vietnam.
- I joined Tarawa the day before she sailed from Pearl Harbour and, after a short mystery tour to find my cabin, set about trying to find employment.
- The bulk of the ordnance is being held in the armory / magazine of the Kiribati Police Force situated at Betio in Tarawa, one of the islands of the Kiribati group.
- Telephone system: general assessment: generally good quality national and international service domestic: wire line service available on Tarawa and Kiritimati (Christmas Island); connections to outer islands by HF/VHF radiotelephone; wireless service available in Tarawa since 1999 international: country code - 686; Kiribati is being linked to the Pacific Ocean Cooperative Telecommunications Network, which should improve telephone service; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) Kiribati