Preferred Label : hawaii;
MeSH definition : A group of islands in Polynesia, in the north central Pacific Ocean, comprising eight
major and 114 minor islands, largely volcanic and coral. Its capital is Honolulu.
It was first reached by Polynesians about 500 A.D. It was discovered and named the
Sandwich Islands in 1778 by Captain Cook. The islands were united under the rule of
King Kamehameha 1795-1819 and requested annexation to the United States in 1893 when
a provisional government was set up. Hawaii was established as a territory in 1900
and admitted as a state in 1959. The name is from the Polynesian Owhyhii, place of
the gods, with reference to the two volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, regarded as
the abode of the gods. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p493 & Room,
Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p2330);
Related MeSH term : midway island; Midway Islands;
MeSH annotation : an island group in Polynesia; Hawaii is also the name of the largest island in the
group;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii;
Origin ID : D006254;
UMLS CUI : C0018619;
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A group of islands in Polynesia, in the north central Pacific Ocean, comprising eight
major and 114 minor islands, largely volcanic and coral. Its capital is Honolulu.
It was first reached by Polynesians about 500 A.D. It was discovered and named the
Sandwich Islands in 1778 by Captain Cook. The islands were united under the rule of
King Kamehameha 1795-1819 and requested annexation to the United States in 1893 when
a provisional government was set up. Hawaii was established as a territory in 1900
and admitted as a state in 1959. The name is from the Polynesian Owhyhii, place of
the gods, with reference to the two volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, regarded as
the abode of the gods. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p493 & Room,
Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p2330)
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