Yes, there is an island called "Hawai'i" in the archipelago.
The island has several nicknames: "Big Island" "Orchid Island" and "Volcano Isle," which are used to distinguish the island from the state, since they both bear the same name.
Even more confusing is the fact that the Big Island is in the County of Hawai'i as well. To avoid confusion, island residents typically refer to their island as "The Big Island."
The name of the island, the county and the state is derived from the Polynesian word for homeland: "Sawaiki"
Sandwich Islands was just the name that James Cook gave to Hawaii, not knowing the native name for the islands he named them in honor of his boss the fourth Earl of Sandwich who was the First Lord of the Admiralty.
Either Manhattan or Hawaii. . . . I will vote for Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, west of Honolulu.Oahu, one of the Hawaiian islands
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Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands
The Big Island is named Hawaii.
It is both : the "big island" is named Hawaii, and the entire chain is the state of Hawaii, or "the Hawaiian Islands".
Hawaii is an island itself. There is a slight confusion between Hawaii the island and Hawaii the state.
It is named Hawaii but called the Big Island.
The Big Island of Hawaii is the largest and southernmost island of the state of Hawaii. It has an area of 4,028 square miles and is larger than all the other Hawaiian Islands combined .
Hawaii is said to have been named by the Maori people who named it "Hawaii" meaning "Heaven" in their own language. Legend states that Hawai'i Loa, a fisherman, was the first person to discover Hawaii (as told in ancient stories). He named Hawaii after himself and the rest of the islands on the chain after his children: Maui, Molokai, Oahu, and Kauai.
No, she lived on an island named Cisthene
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In the beautiful islands of Hawaii.
Of the eight main islands comprising the state of Hawaii (Kahoolawe, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, Oahu, and the "Big Island" of Hawaii), the island of Hawaii is the largest and Oahu has the largest population.
Hawaii is an island and a state. It is not a peninsula.