Makin

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
• USS Makin Island, 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