HOW TO PRONOUNCE
oahu
/oʊˈɑhu/
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What does oahu mean?
proper noun
- The third-largest island of Hawaii, included in the City and County of Honolulu.
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IPA pronunciation
/oʊˈɑhu/
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They covered it with Oahu mats, for a carpet; stopped up the vent-hole in bad weather, and made it their head-quarters.
Thirdly: Some eighteen or twenty years ago Commodore J——, then commanding an American sloop-of-war of the first class, happened to be dining with a party of whaling captains, on board a Nantucket ship in the harbor of Oahu, Sandwich Islands.