Sandwich Islands after the English earl of Sandwich
The Hawaiian islands were originally known as the Sandwich Islands.
In 1778, Captain James Cook gave the name "Sandwich islands" to what is now known as the Hawaiian islands, or Hawaii.
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In Hawaiian, "Hawaii" means "homeland" or "place of the gods." It refers to the native name for the Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian Goose or Nēnē, Branta sandvicensis, is a species of goose endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The official bird of the State of Hawaiʻi, the Nēnē is exclusively found in the wild on the islands of Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi. The Nēnē gets its Hawaiian name from its soft call.
The Hawaiian Islands. Polynesia.
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Regionally the Hawaiian Islands are a part of Polynesia.
Hawaiian Islands Invitational was created in 2011.
Captain Cook named them the Sandwich Isles.
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The word maui is in a Hawaiian language.It is the name of an island. The meaning of the name Maui is 'God of fire'. It is the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands