Tarawa (disambiguation)

Tarawa is an atoll in the Republic of Kiribati.

Tarawa may also refer to:

In military:

• Battle of Tarawa, fought on the Tarawa atoll in World War II
• Tarawa class amphibious assault ship, a class of ships in the US Navy
• USS Tarawa (CV-40), a United States Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier built in 1944
• USS Tarawa (LHA-1), a United States Navy amphibious assault ship built in 1971

In geography:

• Pacific/Tarawa, a time zone UTC+12
• Tarawa, North Carolina, United States
• Tarawa (Nigeria), Nigeria
• Taroa, also known as Tarawa, an island in the Marshall Islands

Other:

• Tarawa, an Earth Alliance aircraft carrier from the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Television series
• Tarawa, a piece from the soundtrack of Snow Falling on Cedars by James Newton Howard
• Tarawa (web framework), a web application framework in Python

See also

• South Tarawa, Kiribati
• Tebua Tarawa, Makin Islands, Kiribati