Nihoa

N1I1H4O1A1
/niːˈhoʊ.ə/

proper noun

The tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

OriginHawaiian Nīhoa →
Scrabble 8
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. The tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Origin

  1. HawaiianNīhoa
  2. EnglishNihoa

From Hawaiian Nīhoa.

More words from Hawaiian

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Hanoi
Cite this entry
APA

Nihoa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nihoa

MLA

“Nihoa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nihoa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nihoa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nihoa.

Source: Nihoa on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.