Iwo Jima

Iwojima English Iōjima (Kagoshima) Alternative forms en Iwojima, en Iwo-Jima en Io Jima, en Iō Jima, en Io-jima, en Iō-jima, en Iojima, en Iōjima Etymology From the early modern en ja - misreading Iwōjima for ja 硫黄島 Sulfur Island Iwōtō, a calque of en en Sulphur Island in accounts of James Cook's voyages, possibly originally from en es-ear Isla Sufre although the island was left unnamed by its first known discoverer Bernardo de la Torre. Pronunciation en /ˌi.woʊ ˈdʒi.mə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Iwo Jima.wav US Proper noun 1 en volcanic island in the archipelago/Volcano Islands in the ocean/North Pacific, now administered as part of Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture and most famous for a major battle in World War II. en 1955 Harry S Truman Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions https://archive.org/details/yearofdecisionsv030151mbp/ 1965 I w:Signet Books 633884574 10270721M 82 https://archive.org/details/yearofdecisionsv030151mbp/page/n83/ 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. en Eric Levenson Alfred Newman, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, dies at 94 w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/us/navajo-code-talker-alfred-newman-death-trnd/index.html 2019-01-16 At Iwo Jima, code talkers passed over 800 error-free messages in a 48-hour period, according to the Congressional law honoring the program. https://web.archive.org/web/20251228232916/https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/us/navajo-code-talker-alfred-newman-death-trnd/index.html 28 December 2025 en volcanic island in the archipelago/Satsunan Islands in the sea/Philippine Sea, administered as part of Kagoshima. Usage notes The official Japanese name of the island changed to Iōtō (written identically in kanji but differently in transcription) in 2007, so that use of Iwo Jima may be proscribed in some contexts. Synonyms en Ioto, en Ioshima, en Sulfur Island, en Sulphur Island Kagoshima island en Satsuma Iwo Jima, en Satsuma Iojima, en Satsuma Iōjima, en Tokara Iwo Jima, en Tokara Iojima, en Tokara Iōjima Translations Japanese islands Chinese: Cantonese: yue 硫黃島 Mandarin: cmn 硫黃島 Czech: cs Iwodžima French: fr Iwo Jima German: de Iwojima Hebrew: he איוו ג'ימה 'Ioo Jimah Japanese: ja 硫黄島 Iōtō Korean: ko ^이오섬 Polish: pl Iwo Jima f Portuguese: pt Iwo Jima f Russian: ru Ио Serbo-Croatian: sh Ivodžima Spanish: es Iōtō Swedish: sv Ioto n Ukrainian: uk Іото en Islands Japan Places in Tokyo Places in Kagoshima World War II Portuguese Alternative forms pt Iwojima uncommon Proper noun f pt island c/Japan Iwo Jima