Sandwich Islands
English
Etymology
From being an island chain named in 1778 by Captain James Cook in honour of the First Lord of the Admiralty, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.
Proper noun
- (obsolete) Hawaiian Islands (an early name for the archipelago of nineteen Hawaiian Islands)
Related terms
- island
- sandwich
- Sandwich
- Sandwich Island (Manuae Island)
- South Sandwich Islands
Translations
Hawaiian Islands
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