Iwo Jima

See also: Iwojima

English

Alternative forms

• Iwojima, Iwo-Jima

Etymology

From now-archaic Japanese 硫黄島 (iwōjima) from 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”) +‎ 島 (shima, “island”).

Proper noun

Iwo Jima

1. A volcanic island in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands chain, officially called Iōtō in Japanese.

   In June, 2007, the Japanese government officially changed the name to Iōtō, apparently restoring the previous reading.

   • 1955, Harry S Truman, Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions‎^[1], volume I, Signet Books, published 1965, →OCLC, →OL, page 82:

     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.

2. A volcanic island located in the Satsunan Shoto, an island group south of Kyushu in Kagoshima Prefecture. Also known as Satsuma Iojima.

   This island is still known as Iōjima in Japanese.

3. A decisive battle during World War II.

Translations

an island in Japan

• Czech: Iwodžima
• French: Iwo Jima
• German: Iwojima
• Hebrew: איוו ג'ימה ('Ioo Jimah)
• Japanese: 硫黄島 (Iōjima)
• Korean: 이오 섬 (Io seom)
• Polish: Iwo Jima f
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• Portuguese: Iwo Jima f
• Russian: Ио (Io)
• Serbo-Croatian: Ivodžima
• Spanish: Iōtō
• Swedish: Ioto n
• Ukrainian: Іото (Ioto)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Iwojima (uncommon)

Proper noun

Iwo Jima f

1. Iwo Jima (an island in Japan)