— Okinawan , adj. , n.
/oh'keuh now"weuh, -nah"weuh/ ; Japn. /aw"kee nah"wah/ , n.
the largest of the Ryukyu Islands, in the N Pacific, SW of Japan: taken by U.S. forces April-June 1945 in the last major amphibious campaign of World War II. 748,632; 544 sq. mi. (1409 sq. km).