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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)


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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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