Meanings
- obsoleteAn early name for the archipelago of nineteen Hawaiian Islands.
1 more example
[…]I should be sorry to form an unworthy estimate of that of my own circle, though I have several times met with the foregoing confusion, as well as the following and other equally ill-informed questions, one or two of which I reluctantly admit that I might have been guilty of myself before I visited the Pacific: “Whereabouts are the Sandwich Islands? They are not the same as the Fijis, are they?
1875, Isabella L. Bird, The Hawaiian Archipelago
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Named in 1778 by Captain James Cook in honour of the First Lord of the Admiralty, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali হাওয়াই দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- হাওয়াই দ্বীপপুঞ্জ (haōẇai dippunjo)Hawaiian Islands
Bulgarian Са́ндвичеви о́строви
- Са́ндвичеви о́строви (Sándvičevi óstrovi)Hawaiian Islands
German Sandwichinseln
- SandwichinselnHawaiian Islands
Russian Са́ндвичевы острова́
- Са́ндвичевы острова́ (Sándvičevy ostrová)Hawaiian Islands
Cite this entry
Sandwich Islands. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sandwich%20Islands
“Sandwich Islands.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sandwich%20Islands. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sandwich Islands,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sandwich%20Islands.
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