Dictionary![]() ![]() O•ki•na•waPronunciation: (ō"ku-nou'wu, -nä'wu; Japn. ô'kē-nä'wä), [key] —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). Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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