ship images. The Makin Island Raid (occurred on 17 - 18 August 1942) was an attack by the United States Marine Corps on Japanese military forces on Makin Island (now known as Butaritari Island) in the Pacific Ocean.
Biannual is derived from the prefix bi-, which means two, twice, double, doubly, as it comes from the Latin bi-, meaning twice, double, and annual comes from the Old French twelfth century word, annuel, which derives from the Latin annus, year.
(Or twice a week as a hopeful person may wonder.) My friends guessed that it meant they got a paycheck every two weeks, and they were right. The definition of biweekly is typically every two weeks. If they were going to get a check twice a month, HR probably would have said the payments would be bimonthly. But itâs confusing.