Iwo Jima
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Iwo Jima
- /ˌi.woʊ ˈdʒi.mə/
Where it comes from
From the early modern Japanese misreading Iwōjima for 硫黄島 (Iwōtō, “Sulfur Island”), a calque of English Sulphur Island in accounts of James Cook's voyages, possibly originally from Early Modern Spanish Isla Sufre although the island was left unnamed by its first known discoverer Bernardo de la Torre.
proper noun Iwojima · Iwo-Jima · Io Jima · Iō Jima · Io-jima · Iō-jima
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A volcanic island in the Volcano Islands in the North Pacific, now administered as part of Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture and most famous for a major battle in World War II.
Not many weeks before, during the battle for Iwo Jima, Joe Rosenthal, an Associated Press photographer, had taken his inspired photograph of the American flag being raised on Mount Suribachi.
Similar: Ioto, Ioshima, Sulfur Island, Sulphur Island
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A volcanic island in the Satsunan Islands in the Philippine Sea, administered as part of Kagoshima.
Similar: Satsuma Iwo Jima, Satsuma Iojima, Satsuma Iōjima, Tokara Iwo Jima, Tokara Iojima, Tokara Iōjima
Translations
Talk about this word "Iwo Jima." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/iwo%20jima. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Iwo Jima. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/iwo%20jima "Iwo Jima." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/iwo%20jima.Cite this
@misc{iwo_jima_2026,
title = {Iwo Jima},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/iwo%20jima},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
