English Explanatory Dictionary

Sandwich Islands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An early name for the archipelago of nineteen Hawaiian Islands.

Word forms

Sandwich Islands

Etymology

Named in 1778 by Captain James Cook in honour of the First Lord of the Admiralty, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.

Related words

sandwich Sandwich Island South Sandwich Islands
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