Tarawa (disambiguation)

Tarawa (disambiguation)

Tarawa is an atoll in the republic of Kiribati. Tarawa may also refer to:

* The Battle of Tarawa, fought on the atoll in World War II
** Two US Navy ships named USS "Tarawa" (one a Tarawa-class), in honor of the battle
** The Tarawa class amphibious assault ship, a class of ships in the US Navy.
* South Tarawa, capital of Kiribati
* Tarawa (Nigeria) a village in Nigeria
* the tz zone: Pacific/Tarawa
*Tarawa (web framework), a web application framework in Python
*Tarawa, North Carolina
*An alternative name for Taroa, an island in the Marshall Islands
* A piece from the soundtrack of "Snow Falling on Cedars" by James Newton Howard


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