wake island

English Thesaurus

1. an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii (noun.location)

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

part meronym	:	pacific, pacific ocean,
definition	:	the largest ocean in the world (noun.object)

domain member region	:	battle of wake, battle of wake island,
definition	:	in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines (noun.act)