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Bow Island

Bow Island proper noun: former name of Hao (“atoll in French Polynesia”).

Proper noun

Bow Island

  1. Former name of Hao (“atoll in French Polynesia”).

Origin of Bow Island

From its shape, like a bow (the weapon).

Questions about Bow Island

What does Bow Island mean?
Bow Island means former name of Hao (“atoll in French Polynesia”).
What part of speech is Bow Island?
Bow Island is a proper noun.

Words near Bow Island in the dictionary

  1. bow guards
  2. bow harp
  3. bow harps
  4. bow hunting
  5. bow in
  6. Bow Island
  7. bow kite
  8. bow kites
  9. bow leg
  10. bow legs
  11. bow maker

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