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Hawaii

Hawaiʻi

Place Type
state
Description
One of two non-contiguous states; comprises most of the Hawaiian Islands; probably first inhabited by Polynesians who immigrated from Marquesas Islands ca. CE 400; immigrants from Tahiti arrived in 9th century; Europeans and Americans arrived in the 18th century
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Hawaiʻi State Government (1999); LC Subject Headings, 11th edition (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); National Zip Code Directory (1985); Random House English Dictionary (1987); Times Atlas of the World (1994); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

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Bernice Akamine (Hawaiian and Japanese, born 1949)

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