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

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad