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Hawaiian Islands

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plural noun

  1. a group of islands in the N Pacific; 2,090 miles (3,370 km) SW of San Francisco: includes the eight islands comprising the state of Hawaii and volcanic, rock, and coral islets.


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Kilauea is one of six active volcanoes located in the Hawaiian Islands.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

This finding can be used to improve numerical weather prediction of nearshore cloud formation and rainfall patterns across the Hawaiian Islands.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

Each year, many females travel to the Hawaiian Islands to give birth in warm, predator-free waters.

From National Geographic • Nov. 17, 2023

The Hawaiian Islands have six active volcanoes, including one on Maui.

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2023

She had been the one, forty years before, who gave Papa the money he needed to leave Japan and sail to the Hawaiian Islands.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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