Nimitz
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- proper noun
- /ˈnɪmɪts/
- Thus Admiral Chester Nimitz commanded all forces within the Central Pacific theater, and General Douglas MacArthur commanded all in the Southwest Pacific theater.
- Nimitz-class carrier
Examples
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I kept a good distance behind the bike, my lights out, through a series of turns that took us to the Nimitz Highway.
Fiction book (1999) -
General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz walk toward history.
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So it's in the hotel that General Nimitz was born in.
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Admiral Nimitz is one of our greatest admirals.
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President Cheney has ordered the USS Nimitz back to the eastern Mediterranean.
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The effort is also being driven by the Chinese experience during the 1995-96 Taiwan Strait crisis, when a U.S. aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Nimitz, entered the Taiwan Strait to compel China to stand down from its threats to Taiwan.
Academic text (2009) -
Admiral Nimitz played a crucial role in the strategy that led to victory in the Pacific during World War II.
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Under the command of Nimitz, the United States fleet achieved significant victories against Japan.
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The USS Nimitz is named after the famous admiral who commanded the Pacific fleet during World War II.
Synonyms
An American admiral who commanded the Pacific Fleet in World War II and helped defeat the Japanese navy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nimitz is a German family name and is best known from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who led the United States Pacific fleet in World War II. Because ships like the USS Nimitz were named after him, the name now also reminds people of the famous admiral and of large aircraft carriers.