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.
If u get paid twice a month is that bimonthly or biweekly. Oddly enough both bimonthly and biweekly can have very similar, and contradictory definitions, with an overlap. Bimonthly can mean either occurring every 2 months, or occurring twice per month..