leyte

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Leyte
    n 1: a battle in World War II; the return of United States
         troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte
         Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of
         kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese [syn: {Leyte}, {Leyte
         Island}, {Leyte invasion}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Leyte \Leyte\ prop. n.
   The name of an island in the Pacific Ocean and of a battle in
   World War II, at which the American forces experienced the
   first use of Kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese. The return of
   U. S. troops to the Philippines after their expulsion by the
   Japanese began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944.

   Syn: Leyte Island, Leyte invasion, Battle of Leyte Gulf.
        [WordNet 1.5]