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Oahu   /ˌoʊˈɑhu/   Listen
Oahu

noun
1.
An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state.  Synonym: Oahu Island.





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... round several parts of Hawaii, beds of coral-detritus, about twenty feet above the level of the sea, and where the coast is low they extend far inland. Upraised coral-rock forms a considerable part of the borders of Oahu; and at Elizabeth Island ("Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage," page 176. See also MM. Quoy and Gaimard in "Annales de Scien. Nat." tom. vi.) it composes three strata, each about ten feet thick. Nihau, which forms the northern, as Hawaii does ...
— Coral Reefs • Charles Darwin


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


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