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SANDWICH ISLANDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific
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 "Sandwich 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 ("Sandwich Islands" is a part of...):
Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)
