People call it the Big Island and the Hawaiian Islandsare also known as the Sandwich Isles.
Yes Big Island generally does refer to Hawaii, as this is another name for it. However, there's also establishments and companies that also call themselves Big Island such as Big Island Coffee.
Hawai'i
Hawaii or call it 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 .
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Hawaii is the name of the largest of the islands making up the state of Hawaii. It is often called the "big island" to avoid confusion.
Honolulu on the Island of Oahu and Hilo on the Island of Hawaii.
"Big Island" is not the name of the island but only a reference to it. "Hawaii Island" is the English name of the island but people say "Big Island" as to not confuse the island's name with the name of the state. It needs to be remembered, however, that the island had a name during its approximately fifteen hundred year occupation by people prior to the arrival of Captain Cook. One older name is Moku o Keawe (Island of Keawe), which was applied to honor the 17th century high chief Keawe'īkekahiali'iokamoku.
Kilauea Volcano
It came from the original name Hawaike.
It is named Hawaii but called the Big Island.
the biggest volcano is Mauna Loa. It is in hawaii