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Big Island

Big Island proper noun: an island of Islands of Hawaii, Pacific, Hawaii, United States; The largest of the Hawaiian Islands, for which the island chain and the state are named.

Proper noun

Big Island

  1. (informal) An island of Islands of Hawaii, Pacific, Hawaii, United States; The largest of the Hawaiian Islands, for which the island chain and the state are named.
  2. An island in Pawtuckaway Lake, New Hampshire, USA.
  3. An island in Umbagog Lake, New Hampshire, USA.
  4. An island in the Chemung River, located in Chemung County, New York, USA.
  5. An island on Woodhull Lake in Herkimer County, New York.
  6. An island in the Wisconsin River in Wood County, Wisconsin.
  7. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Ohio, USA.
  8. A census-designated place in northern Bedford County, Virginia, United States.
  9. The largest of the Ramea Islands in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  10. A peninsula in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  11. A small, uninhabited island located in Hudson Bay near the community of Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada.
  12. A small, uninhabited island located in James Bay near the community of Chisasibi, Quebec, Canada.
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  1. Former name of Imiliit (“an uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada”).
  2. Former name of Qikiqtarjuaq (“an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada”).
  3. An island in the Bay of Quinte in Lake Ontario, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. An island in Chemong Lake, Ontario, Canada.
  5. An island in Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada.
  6. An island in Pigeon Lake, Ontario, Canada.
  7. (informal) Besar Island, an island off the coast of mainland Malacca in Malaysia.
  8. (informal) Te Poho-o-Tairea, an island to the west of Stewart Island in New Zealand.
  9. (informal) Copeland Island, an island in the north Irish Sea, north of Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland.

Synonyms of Big Island

Questions about Big Island

What does Big Island mean?
Big Island means an island of Islands of Hawaii, Pacific, Hawaii, United States; The largest of the Hawaiian Islands, for which the island chain and the state are named.
What part of speech is Big Island?
Big Island is a proper noun.

Words near Big Island in the dictionary

  1. big houses
  2. big if
  3. big if true
  4. big ifs
  5. big iron
  6. Big Island
  7. Big Jacks Creek
  8. Big Jim and the twins
  9. big jobs
  10. big joker
  11. big kahuna

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