![]() Well-known features found on Oahu include Waikiki, Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Hanauma, Kāneʻohe Bay, Kailua Bay, North Shore, and the resort destination, Ko Olina. As a jurisdictional unit, the entire island of Oahu is in Honolulu County, although as a place name, Honolulu occupies only a portion of the southeast end of the island. The city of Honolulu-largest city, state capital, and main deepwater marine port for the State of Hawaiʻi-is located here. The story relates that he named the island after his daughter. Ancient Hawaiian tradition attributes the name's origin in the legend of Hawaiʻiloa, the Polynesian navigator credited with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. Oahu has for a long time been known as the "Gathering Place". The term Oʻahu has no confirmed meaning in Hawaiian, other than that of the place itself. ![]() It has been speculated that Thrum ignored or misplaced the ʻokina because the Hawaiian phrase " ʻo ahu" could be translated as "gathering of objects" ( ʻo is a subject marker and ahu means "to gather"). The translation of "gathering place" was suggested as recently as 1922 by Hawaiian Almanac author Thomas Thrum. ![]() In ancient times, however, Oʻahu was not populous and was outranked by the status of other islands. This makes sense because Oʻahu is the most populated Hawaiian Island. ![]() The Island of Oʻahu in Hawaii is often nicknamed (or translated as) "The Gathering Place".
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