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Definition of: Wake Island
(wāk)
A U. S. naval and air base, comprising a coral atoll and three islands in the North Pacific, acquired by the United States in 1898; 4 square miles; about 4 1/2 miles long, 2 1/4 miles wide; occupied by Japanese forces, 1941–45.
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