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    HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacificplay

    Synonyms:

    H.I.; Hawaiian Islands; Sandwich Islands

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

    Meronyms (parts of "Hawaiian Islands"):

    Aloha State; Haw.; Hawai'i; Hawaii; HI (a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands)

    Hawaii; Hawaii Island (the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks)

    Kahoolawe; Kahoolawe Island (an island of south-central Hawaii)

    Kauai; Kauai Island (an island of Hawaii to the northwest of Oahu)

    Lanai; Lanai Island (an island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area)

    Maui; Maui Island (the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands)

    Molokai; Molokai Island (an island of central Hawaii (between Maui and Oahu))

    Nihau; Nihau Island (the most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai))

    Oahu; Oahu Island (an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state)

    Midway Islands (an atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu; site of an important United States naval base)

    Holonyms ("Hawaiian Islands" is a part of...):

    Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)

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