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US
/ˌɡwɑdəɫkəˈnæɫ/
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NOUN
- a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth
- a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces
How To Use Guadalcanal In A Sentence
- Beyond them came the beauty of the Hoxworth lane: to the left and north stood an unbroken line of croton bushes imported by Whip from Guadalcanal in the Solomons, and of all that grew on his plantations, these were his favorites, these low sparkling bushes whose iridescent green and red and purple and gold and blue leaves were a constant source of wonder; but to the right ran a long row of hibiscus trees, low shrublike plants that produced a dozen varieties of fragile, crepelike flowers, each with its own dazzling color; Hawaii
- The capital of the Solomon Islands, on the northwest coast of Guadalcanal. Population, ', 25.
- He was a skinny teenager in camo pants and a helmet, striking a pose with a machine gun, and a similar photo of another young guy: on the back it said "Woody Herald - killed on Guadalcanal.
- Gold Ridge was a productive gold mine until the ethnic tension on Guadalcanal forced the owners to close in 1999.
- On November 14, 1908, a very ill Jack London, having left the Snark in Guadalcanal, arrived in Sydney, Australia for medical treatment. Introduction to Jack London's Australian Newspaper Articles: Dan Wichlan Collection
- On the face of it, leading a multinational force of peacekeepers to Guadalcanal should be a relatively uncontroversial exercise.
- My granddad was a veteran who had served as a Colonel in Guadalcanal; he was three years gone in the Pacific theater. CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2008
- I realize Col. Cooper fought in Guadalcanal with bolt action Springfields, and tends to be partial towards bolt guns even for defense use, but why the double standard? Taps for Colonel Cooper
- Renegade warlords and militants now control much of the main island of Guadalcanal.
- So we fly back down to Guadalcanal to take command of the task force.