Eniwetok

[ en-uh-wee-tok, uh-nee-wi-tok ]
/ ˌɛn əˈwi tɒk, əˈni wɪˌtɒk /

noun

an atoll in the NW Marshall Islands: atomic and hydrogen bomb tests 1947–52.

Definition for eniwetok (2 of 2)

Enewetak

or En·i·we·tok

[ en-uh-wee-tok, uh-nee-wi-tok ]
/ ˌɛn əˈwi tɒk, əˈni wɪˌtɒk /

noun

an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, in the Marshall Islands: atomic bomb tests 1947–62.

Example sentences from the Web for eniwetok

  • Eniwetok offers an instance of the toughness of an animal population exposed both to direct and long-range radiological impact.

    Atoms, Nature, and Man |Neal O. Hines

  • The first of these surveys was conducted near Eniwetok and Bikini.

    Atoms, Nature, and Man |Neal O. Hines

  • In that year, too, tests were made at Eniwetok preliminary to the detonation of the first thermonuclear device.

    Atoms, Nature, and Man |Neal O. Hines

  • This transformation has been brought to pass in the seven years from Alamogordo to Eniwetok.

    State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman |Harry S. Truman

British Dictionary definitions for eniwetok (1 of 2)

Eniwetok
/ (ˌɛnəˈwiːtɒk, əˈniːwɪˌtɔːk) /

noun

an atoll in the W Pacific Ocean, in the NW Marshall Islands: taken by the US from Japan in 1944; became a naval base and later a testing ground for atomic weapons. Pop: 820 (1999 est) Official name: Enewetak

British Dictionary definitions for eniwetok (2 of 2)

Enewetak
/ (ˌɛnəˈweɪtɒk, əˈniːwɛˌtɔːk) /

noun

the official name for Eniwetok