Associations to the word «Iwo»

Wiktionary

IWO JIMA, proper noun. A volcanic island in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands chain, officially called Iōtō in Japanese.
IWO JIMA, proper noun. A volcanic island located in the Satsunan Shoto, an island group south of Kyushu, also known as Satsuma Iojima.
IWO JIMA, proper noun. A decisive battle during World War II.

Dictionary definition

IWO, noun. A bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King