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Makin may refer to:

Places

  • Makin, South Australia, Australia, a locality
  • Division of Makin, an electoral division in South Australia
  • Hundred of Makin, a cadastral unit in South Australia
  • Makin (atoll), an atoll in Kiribati
  • Butaritari, an atoll in Kiribati known to American military forces during World War II as "Makin Atoll" and "Makin Island"
  • Makin, Pakistan, a town in South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas
  • Makin Tehsil, South Waziristan Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
  • Makin, Indiana, United States, a small town

Military

  • Makin Island raid, a 1942 raid by U.S. Marines on Japanese military forces on Butaritari during World War II
  • Battle of Makin, the 1943 U.S. invasion of Butaritari during World War II
  • , two United States Navy ships

People

  • Makin (surname), a list of people

See also

  • Makin v. Attorney General for New South Wales (1894), a Privy Council decision on similar fact evidence