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Makin may refer to:
Places
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Makin (atoll), an atoll in Kiribati, known to U.S. military forces during World War II as "Little Makin"
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Butaritari, an atoll in Kiribati known to U.S. military forces during World War II as "Makin Atoll" and "Makin Island"
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Makin, Indiana
Makin is an unincorporated community in Warren Township, Huntington County, Indiana.
History
Makin was never properly laid out or plat
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, a small town in Warren Township, Huntington County, Indiana, United States
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Makin, Pakistan, a town in South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
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Makin, South Australia, a locality in South Australia
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Division of Makin, an electoral division in South Australia, Australia
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Hundred of Makin __NOTOC__
The Hundred of Makin is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Australian state of South Australia within the County of Buckingham and the state government region of the Limestone Coast about south-east of the state capital of ...
, a cadastral unit in South Australia
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Makin Tehsil, South Waziristan Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Battles
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Makin Island raid, a 1942 raid by U.S. Marines on Japanese military forces on Butaritari during World War II
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Battle of Makin, the 1943 U.S. invasion of Butaritari during World War II
People
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Bathsua Makin, English proto-feminist
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Chris Makin, British footballer
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Guy Makin (1879), South Australian architect, inaugural chairman of the
Architects Board of South Australia
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Joel Makin (born 1994), Welsh squash player
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John and Sarah Makin, Australian baby farmers
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Kelly Makin, Canadian director
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Norman Makin
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
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, Australian politician
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Rex Makin (1925–2017), English solicitor and philanthropist
Ships
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See also
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Makin v. Attorney General for New South Wales
''Makin v Attorney General for New South Wales''. is a significant 1893 decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council which gave rise to the modern common law rule of similar fact evidence.
Background
A husband and wife, John and Sar ...
'' (1894), a Privy Council decision on similar fact evidence
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