HONOLULU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Honolulu mean? 

• HONOLULU (noun)
  The noun HONOLULU has 1 sense:

1. the capital and largest city of Hawaii; located on a large bay on the island of Oahu

  Familiarity information: HONOLULU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HONOLULU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Hawaii; located on a large bay on the island of Oahu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Hawaii; Hawaiian capital; Honolulu

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Holonyms ("Honolulu" is a part of...):

Oahu; Oahu Island (an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state)

 Context examples 

Her mother, in Honolulu, was worth a million or so.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Its capital is Honolulu.

(Hawaii, NCI Thesaurus)