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.
Bi- comes from the Latin meaning two. When used with a temporal word, bi- means âevery twoâ or âevery other.â. This magazine is published bi-weekly, on the 1st and 15th of the month. Congressional elections are held biennially, on even-numbered years.