- Tarawa, Bairiki - national capital of Kiribati
 --1 is a kind of national capital
 --1 is a part of Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati
- Tarawa, Makin, Tarawa-Makin - battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
 --2 is a kind of amphibious assault
 --2 is a part of World War II, World War 2, Second World War