Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of northwest Hawaii west of Kauai. A private ranch for most of the 1900s, it is home to a small Hawaiian-speaking population.
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- proper noun The seventh largest island of
Hawaii , nicknamed the "Forbidden Island".
Etymologies
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Examples
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The southern point of Niihau, which is to the west of Kauai, the evident standpoint of the poet, and therefore "below" Kauai.] [Footnote 248: _Milo-lii_.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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Half-conscious, aimless and wandering, he lived back in his life to his early manhood on Niihau.
Koolau the Leper 2010
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He knew the man, a deputy sheriff, for it was by him that he had been harried out of Niihau, across Kauai, to Kalalau Valley, and out of the valley to the gorge.
Koolau the Leper 2010
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I, alone, Koolau, who was once a cowboy on Niihau, can hold the trail against a thousand men.
Koolau the Leper 2010
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He had learned to shoot as a wild-cattle hunter on Niihau, and on that island his skill as a marksman was unforgotten.
Koolau the Leper 2010
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They had hunted sharks on Niihau and wild cattle on Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, broke horses, branded steers, hunted goats, dived (Lyte could dive to 15 fathoms and stay under two minutes), and surfed.
“Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, . . . .” 2008
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This Large Marine Ecosystem includes the main Hawaiian Islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau, as well as the outer northwest islands and their near-shore boundaries.
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In fact, Rob Cowie and I recently met with one of the local USFWS biologists to talk about possible reintroductions of locally extirpated land snail species to Lehua Island, a small island just north of Niihau.
Is there a statute of limitations for introduced species on Hawaii?—A reader’s response AYDIN 2008
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In fact, Rob Cowie and I recently met with one of the local USFWS biologists to talk about possible reintroductions of locally extirpated land snail species to Lehua Island, a small island just north of Niihau.
Archive 2008-06-01 AYDIN 2008
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Had the Niihau incident been significant, then Japanese Americans in the Hawaiian Islands would have been interned.
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