English Dictionary

Wake Island

固有名詞

An island of the United States, among the islands of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior and used solely by the United States Air Force.

日本語の意味

アメリカ合衆国が所有する島。太平洋のミクロネシアに位置し、内務省の島嶼局が管轄、アメリカ空軍が専用で使用している。

Wake Island, an island of the United States among the islands of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior and used solely by the United States Air Force, has strategic significance for trans-Pacific military operations.

ウェーク島は、アメリカ合衆国の島で、太平洋のミクロネシア諸島の一つに位置し、米国内務省の島嶼問題局が管理し、米空軍専用であり、太平洋横断の軍事作戦にとって戦略的な重要性を持っている。

意味（1）

An island of the United States, among the islands of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior and used solely by the United States Air Force.

Intelligence has been received at Hong Kong of the total loss of the ship Libelle while on a voyage to that port from San Francisco, having on board a valuable cargo and specie to the extent of £76,000 in dollars, and a number of passengers, among whom were Madame Anna Bishop, Miss Phelan, Mr. M. Schrutz, and Mr. Charles Lascelles, of the English Opera Company, who, with other artists, were on a musical tour. The ship was cast away on the night of the 4th of March, on an uninhabited and dangerous reef called Wake Island, in the China Seas.