Tarawa-Makin vs Tarawa

Tarawa-Makin and Tarawa both are nouns.

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

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

Tarawa-Makin and 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 Battle of Tarawa, Makin.

Tarawa-Makin (noun)	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
	national capital of Kiribati