Hiva Oa

[ hee-vuh-oh-uh ]

/ ˈhi və ˈoʊ ə /

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noun

a volcanic island in the South Pacific, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).

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They'd used JS-JZ and NS-NZ recently, so they looked at some OA-OF words and picked Odyssey.
Why Is the Libya War Called Operation Odyssey Dawn?|Josh Dzieza|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Africom had been assigned three two-letter ranges to choose from: JS through JZ, NS through NZ, and OA through OF.
Why Is the Libya War Called Operation Odyssey Dawn?|Josh Dzieza|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It is named from the small river Galligans, an affluent of the Oa, which flows through the city.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various
O coalesces into a diphthong with a, as moan, groan, approach: oa has the sound of o long.
A Grammar of the English Tongue|Samuel Johnson

The name is taken from a little stream which washes its walls and falls into the Oa.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street
It was in Nuku-hiva, in the Marquesas, that my first case presented itself in the shape of a little, old Chinese.
The Cruise of the Snark|Jack London
Many feel a disappointment on first seeing the great American Falls, but Mosi-oa-tunya is so strange, it must ever cause wonder.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries|David Livingstone