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NIHAU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nihau mean?
• NIHAU (noun)
The noun NIHAU has 1 sense:
1. the most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai)
Familiarity information: NIHAU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Nihau; Nihau Island
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Nihau" is a part of...):
H.I.; Hawaiian Islands; Sandwich Islands (a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific)
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