SANDWICH ISLANDS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)