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H.I.

 Dictionary entry overview: What does H.I. mean? 

H.I. (noun)
  The noun H.I. has 1 sense:

1. a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacificplay

  Familiarity information: H.I. used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


H.I. (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

H.I.; Hawaiian Islands; Sandwich Islands

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "H.I."):

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 ("H.I." is a part of...):

Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)


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