formally the University of Hawaii System and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven commun

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a Norwegian film from 2004

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Hawaiki also called Hawaii

The Māori name Hawaiki refers to the mythical land to which some Polynesian cultures trace their origins

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a TV police drama series

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a 1963 song by The Beach Boys

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a film adaptation of Michener's book

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Ancient Hawaii also called Hawaii

refers to the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification of the Kingdom of Hawai'i by Kamehameha the Great in 1810

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a state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia

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Republic of Hawaii also called Hawaii

the formal name of the government that controlled Hawaii from 1894 to 1898 when it was run as a republic

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Territory of Hawaii also called Hawaii

After failing in 1935 and 1937 to convince Congress Hawaii was ready for statehood, Hawaii resurrected the campaign in 1950 by placing the statehood question on the ballot

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Kingdom of Hawaii also called Hawaii

established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Kauai and Niihau by the chiefdom of Hawaii (or the "Big Island") into one unified government

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a 1959 novel by James Michener

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a short-lived NBC TV series

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the largest island in the Hawaiian Islands

is a volcanic island in the U.S. State of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean

With an area of 4,028 square miles (10,432 km²), it is the largest island in the United States and larger than all of the other Hawaiian Islands combined

said to have been named for Hawaiiloa, the legendary Polynesian navigator who first discovered it

However, other accounts attribute the name to the legendary land or realm of Hawaiki, a place from which the Polynesians originated (see also Manua), the place where they go in the afterlife, the realm of the gods

Topographical map of HawaiiFeatured Picture on Wikimedia Commons

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Map of Hawaii with cities

The big Island lava flow from the air

Steam plume as Kīlauea red lava enters the ocean at three Waikupanaha and one Ki lava ocean entries

Lava enters the Pacific at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in April of 2005, increasing the size of the island

View north from upslope Kohala showing Haleakalā, Maui in the distance

administered as the County of Hawaii

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the home island of Kamehameha the Great, who by 1795 had united most of the Hawaiian Islands under his rule after several years of warfare and conquest

As of 2000, there were 148,677 people, 52,985 households, and 36,877 families residing in the county

built from five separate shield volcanoes that erupted somewhat sequentially, one overlapping the other

Sugarcane was the backbone of Hawaii Island's economy for more than a century

famous for its volcanoes. Kīlauea, the most active, has been erupting almost continuously for more than two decades

Two airports serve Hawaii Island

There are plans for a connection with the Superferry starting 2009 between Honolulu and Kawaihae Harbor

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