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Iwo

Definition: Iwo

Iwo

Noun

1. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Iwo" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a yew".


Abbreviations & Acronyms: Iwo

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

IWO

EnglishInstitute for World OrderN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Iwo

Synonym: invasion of Iwo (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Iwo

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The Iwo Jima Memorial? (The Recruit; writing credit: Roger Towne; Kurt Wimmer)

Movie/TV Titles

Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)

Heroes of Iwo Jima (2001)

The Making of 'Sands of Iwo Jima' (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Iwo

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Marine Remembers Iwo Jima: Dog Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Marines, Fifth Marine Division (reference)

  • Give Me Fifty Marines Not Afraid to Die: Iwo Jima (reference)

  • Immortal Images: A Personal History of Two Photographers and the Flag Raising on Iwo Jima (reference)

  • Iwo (reference)

  • Iwo Jima: Legacy of Valor (reference)

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Theater & Movies

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Iwo

Photos:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Iwo

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Apollo 13 Astronauts on the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. Credit: NASA.

Hydrographic survey signal on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima This signal was erected within a short time of the famous American flag raising. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

This emblem was received in 1970. It's design features a depiction of the raising of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in February 1945, plus symbols representing the ship's mission of ammunition transporation and delivery. Credit: NAVY.

Sinking at Ulithi, 20 November 1944. The capsized ship's bottom can be seen at the base of the flames, with bow or stern toward the left. NOTE: Identification provided above is provisional. The original caption reads: " Casualty at Iwo Jima -- While the battle raged ashore, a U.S. Tanker goes up in flame and smoke as the result of enemy action." The identity of this ship, if lost at Iwo Jima, is unknown. However, the circumstances seen in the photo appear to be correct for the loss of USS Mississinewa. The presence of many anchored cargo ships and oilers, plus the several fleet tugs and salvage ships, looks more like Ulithi than Iwo Jima. Credit: NAVY.

At sea with two other battleships and an amphibious force command ship (AGC), probably at the time of the Iwo Jima or Okinawa operations, circa February-April 1945. Battleship in the center background is USS Idaho (BB-42). The one further to the left is either Tennessee (BB-43) or California (BB-44). Credit: NAVY.

Firing her forward 8"/55 guns while bombarding Iwo Jima, 23 January 1945. Credit: NAVY.

USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) signals with a blinker lamp, during a rainy dusk off Iwo Jima, 16 February 1945. Photographed from USS Texas (BB-35). Credit: NAVY.

Comes alongside USS Makin Island (CVE-93) during the Iwo Jima campaign, 11 March 1945. She is wearing camouflage Measure 32, Design 3d. Credit: NAVY.

Pulls alongside USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) for refueling, during operations in the Atlantic, February 1979. Photographed by PH2 Alexander and PH3 Kent from on board the Iwo Jima. CH-46 "Sea Knight" helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) are parked in the foreground. Credit: NAVY.

Photograph (framed) of Iwo Jima taken by the crew of the U.S.S. Spearfish on her twelfth war patrol, Nov. 28, to Dec. 2, 1944. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Speeches: Iwo

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961Seeking to secure peace in the world, we have had to fight through the forests of the Argonne, to the shores of Iwo Jima, and to the cold mountains of Korea.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Fifty crowded years ago, in the sands of Iwo Jima, he taught and he learned the lessons of citizenship.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Iwo

"Iwo" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Iwo" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%7133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Iwo

"Iwo" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a yew".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Iwo."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
IvesMaleN/AYves
IvoMaleDutchYves
YvesMaleFrenchN/A
YvetteFemaleFrenchYves
IvoMaleGermanYves
YvoMaleGermanYves
IwoMalePolishYves
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Iwo

Expressions using "Iwo": invasion of Iwo Iwo Jima. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Iwo

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

iwo jima

2,594

iwo jima marine

5

iwo jima memorial

68

iwo jima playset sands

5

battle of iwo jima

62

iwo jima pic

5

uss iwo jima

57

flag iwo jima picture raising

4

picture iwo jima

33

history iwo jima

4

iwo

33

island iwo jima

3

iwo jima flag raising

27

7 iwo jima lhd uss

3

sands of iwo jima

21

confederate iwo jima

3

iwo jima photo

18

flag iwo jima raiser

3

map iwo jima

14

iwo jima today

3

iwo jima monument

13

iwo jima.navy.mil

3

quality inn iwo jima

12

iwo jima lph2 uss

2

iwo nigeria

11

iwo jima memorial picture

2

iwo jima statue

10

iwo jima survivor

2

2 cheat iwo jima war world

7

iwo jimo

2

world war 2 iwo jima

7

4th iwo jima marine

2

iwo jima flag

6

iwo jima veteran

2

iwo jima photograph

6

cheat iwo jima

2

gima iwo

6

iwo jima war memorial

2

iwo jima wallpaper

6

iwo jima video

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Iwo

Derivations

Words containing "Iwo": antiwoman, demiworld, demiworlds, golliwog, golliwogg, golliwoggs, golliwogs, handiwork, handiworks, polliwog, polliwogs, semiworks. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Iwo

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-o-w"

-1 letter: ow, wo.

 Words containing the letters "i-o-w"
 

+1 letter: wino.

 

+2 letters: dowie, indow, miaow, owing, towie, widow, wilco, winos, yowie, zowie.

 

+3 letters: billow, bowfin, bowing, cowier, cowing, cowpie, cowrie, disown, dowing, godwit, howdie, indows, inflow, intown, inwove, jowing, lowing, lowish, miaows, minnow, mowing, nowise, oilway, outwit, owlish, owning, pillow, rowing, sowing, towies, towing, townie, vowing, wanion, weirdo, whilom, whosis, wicopy, widows, wigeon, willow, window, winnow, winoes, wisdom, wittol, woodie, wooing, woolie, wormil, worrit, wowing, yowies, yowing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Iwo


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 77 6F

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    .--.    ---

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01110111 01101111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#119 &#111

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0077 006F

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

438981

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Derived from
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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