OAHU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oahu mean? 

• OAHU (noun)
  The noun OAHU has 1 sense:

1. an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state

  Familiarity information: OAHU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OAHU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Oahu; Oahu Island

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Oahu"):

capital of Hawaii; Hawaiian capital; Honolulu (the capital and largest city of Hawaii; located on a large bay on the island of Oahu)

Waikiki (a well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island to the southeast of Honolulu)

Pearl Harbor (a harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941)

Holonyms ("Oahu" is a part of...):

H.I.; Hawaiian Islands; Sandwich Islands (a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific)