Oahu

or O·'a·hu

[ oh-ah-hoo ]

noun

1. an island in central Hawaii: third largest and most important island of the state; location of Honolulu. 589 sq. mi. (1,525 sq. km).

Oahu

/ əʊˈɑːhuː /

noun

1. an island in central Hawaii: the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands. Chief town: Honolulu. Pop: 876 151 (2000). Area: 1574 sq km (608 sq miles)

Example Sentences

In the winter of 2013, 45-foot waves barreled toward Oahu’s North Shore.

From ProPublica

As the news organizations reported, the situation is most dire on Oahu, where the department doesn’t have enough land to satisfy housing demand.

From ProPublica

While the state has added nearly 16,000 acres to the land trust, just a fraction were on Oahu, the island with the greatest housing demand.

From ProPublica

Powerful waves are eating away at parts of the state highway that runs around the tip of Oahu, and they have forced the closure of sections of public beach parks there.

From ProPublica

Then, in May, a New York man spent some of his vacation in an Oahu jail for allegedly breaking his quarantine and traveling to several places using public transportation.

From Washington Post

We went to Oahu to film for three more days to pick up from the last day we missed on the island.

From The Daily Beast

“The announcer kept repeating, ‘Oahu is being attacked by the Japanese,’” Patsy recalls.

From The Daily Beast

The Internet lit up with the story of their engagement, forcing the couple to make swift—and secret—plans to tie the knot in Oahu.

From The Daily Beast

“Biggest Wednesday,” as Bradshaw calls it, occurred in 1998 on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

From The Daily Beast

And they were treated almost as badly as the homeless by the civilians that populated Oahu.

From The Daily Beast

Eighteen hundred feet above the level of the sea, where the early inhabitants of Oahu made their last stand against the enemy.

From Project Gutenberg

A sad interest attaches to the island of Molokai, which is situated midway between Maui and Oahu.

From Project Gutenberg

At two o'clock we saw Diamond Head, the easternmost headland of Oahu, rising from the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

Here the royal women of Oahu came to give birth up until the reign of Kamehameha the Great.

From Project Gutenberg

From time to time strong currents, high surf and turbulent water affect every beach on Oahu.

From Project Gutenberg