Tarawa vs Battle of Tarawa

Tarawa and Battle of Tarawa both are nouns.

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

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

Tarawa 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 include Makin, Tarawa-Makin.

Tarawa (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
national capital of Kiribati