Tarawa-Makin vs Battle of Tarawa

Tarawa-Makin and Battle of Tarawa both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Tarawa-Makin	Yes	No	No	No
Battle of Tarawa	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Tarawa-Makin and Battle of Tarawa are synonyms defined as:

Tarawa-Makin and Battle of Tarawa: battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting

Other synonyms of Tarawa-Makin include Makin, Tarawa.

Tarawa-Makin (noun)	Battle of Tarawa (noun)
battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting	battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting