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guadalcanal
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Guadalcanal \Guadalcanal\ n.
1. a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands
in the independent state that is a member of the British
Commonwealth.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943), in
which American forces invaded the island of Guadalcanal,
then occupied by Japanese forces; the island was
recaptured by American forces after heavy fighting.
Syn: battle of Guadalcanal.
[WordNet 1.5]
