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Sandwich Islands

British  

plural noun

  1. the former name of Hawaii

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His team was studying seismic data from 121 repeating earthquakes at 42 locations near Antarctica’s South Sandwich Islands that occurred between 1991 and 2024.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2025

This isn't the first huge iceberg to threaten South Georgia and Sandwich Islands.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2025

The South Sandwich Islands are inhospitable volcanic crags in the far southern Atlantic Ocean.

From Science Magazine Mar. 30, 2022

Then, in February 1874, the Sandwich Islands elected a new monarch.

From Washington Post Oct. 13, 2011

Hawaii is the principal of the Sandwich Islands, a group not exceeded in interest by any which stud the broad bosom of the Pacific.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

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