Oahu meaning

ō-äho͝o
An island of central Hawaii between Molokai and Kauai. It is the chief island of the state, with major tourist areas, including Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head, and a US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
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Chief island of the Hawaiian Islands: 600 sq mi (1,554 sq km); chief city, Honolulu.
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Oahu Sentence Examples

  • In 1907 there were vanilla plantations in the islands of Oahu and Hawaii.

  • The Mormons claim more than 4000 adherents, whose principal settlement is at Laie, on the north-east shore of Oahu; the first Mormon missionaries came to the islands in 1850.

  • The population of 1900 was distributed among the several islands as follows: Oahu, 58,404; Hawaii, 46,843; Maui and Lanai, 25,416; Kauai, 20,562; Molokai, 2504; Niihau, 172.

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