A coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean, north of the Marshall Islands. Controlled by the US since 1898, it was the scene of World War II fighting after the Japanese occupied it in December 1941.
Definition of Wake Island in US English:
Wake Island
proper nounˌwāk ˈīlənd
A coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean, north of the Marshall Islands. Controlled by the US since 1898, it was the scene of World War II fighting after the Japanese occupied it in December 1941.