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Iwo Jima, officially romanized and pronounced Iōtō (硫 （い） 黄 （おう） 島 （とう）, literally: " Sulfur Island"), [ 2 ] is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands, which lie south of the Bonin Islands and together with them make up the Ogasawara Archipelago. Together with the Izu Islands, they make up Japan's Nanpō Islands.
Jun 20, 2007 · In Japanese,the namelooks and means the same as Iwo Jima — or Sulfur Island — but has a different sound. The name change was adopted Monday by the Japanese Geographical Survey Institute in...
Iejima (伊江島, Iejima, Okinawan: Ii shima), previously romanized in English as Ie Shima, is an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, lying a few kilometers off the Motobu Peninsula on Okinawa Island. [1]
Jun 22, 2007 · In Japanese, "jima" is an alternative word for island. In kanji script, the writing of Iwo Jima and Iwo To is the same; only the pronunciation is different.
Jun 21, 2007 · In Japanese, the original name Iwo To is written with the same characters as Iwo Jima and means the same thing - Sulphur Island - but it is pronounced differently. The civilians who lived there...
Oct 25, 2024 · Iwo Jima, island that is part of the Volcano Islands archipelago, far southern Japan. The island has been widely known as Iwo Jima, its conventional name, since World War II (1939–45). However, Japan officially changed the name to its Japanese form, Iō-tō (Iō Island), in 2007.
Oct 22, 2024 · Oct. 5, 2024, 5:39 AM ET (NBC) Battle of Iwo Jima, (February 19–March 16, 1945), World War II conflict between the United States and the Empire of Japan. The United States mounted an amphibious invasion of the island of Iwo Jima as part of its Pacific campaign against Japan.
