wake island

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von wake island im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

(Bilgisayar) wake adası

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von wake island im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii

An island of the western Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Guam. Annexed by the United States in 1898, it was a commercial air base and later a military base. Wake Island was held by the Japanese from 1941 to 1945. Atoll, central Pacific Ocean. An unincorporated territory of the U.S., Wake Island comprises three low-lying coral islets (Wilkes, Peale, and Wake) that surround a lagoon and occupy a total land area of 2.5 sq mi (6.5 sq km). The atoll was claimed by the U.S. in 1899. The U.S. Navy began construction of an air and submarine base in 1939; it was half-completed when Wake was attacked and occupied by Japanese forces in December 1941 after a 15-day resistance by a small contingent of U.S. Marines. Now administered by the U.S. Air Force, it has been used since 1974 as a commercial aircraft emergency stopover. It is also the site of weather research stations. There is no indigenous population on Wake Island, and U.S. military personnel have left, but some 100 civilians remained at the beginning of the 21st century

{i} atoll in the North Pacific Ocean (two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands) which forms a part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands

Silbentrennung

wake is·land

Türkische aussprache

weyk aylınd

Aussprache

/ˈwāk ˈīlənd/ /ˈweɪk ˈaɪlənd/