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Oahu

noun

An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state. Synonym: Oahu Island.

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Etymology of 'Oahu'

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"Oahu" Quotes from Famous Books

... glowing lake of molten lava which ebbs and flows like an ocean tide. The island of Maui has the largest crater on the earth. The climate of the group is excellent, and vegetation (including forests) is abundant; sugar and rice are the chief crops. Honolulu (on Oahu), with a splendid harbour, is the capital. The islands are now under the jurisdiction of ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... away again, and stood out; being bound up the coast to San Francisco. The crew of the brig's boat were Sandwich Islanders, but one of them, who spoke a little English, told us that she was the Loriotte, Captain Nye, from Oahu, and was engaged in this trade. She was a lump of a thing—what the sailors call a butter-box. This vessel, as well as the Ayacucho, and others which we afterwards saw engaged in the same trade, ...

— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana

Words linked to "Oahu" : Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian capital, Oahu Island, capital of Hawaii, Waikiki, Sandwich Islands, island