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Oahu (pronounced /oʊˈɑːhuː/ in English) or Oʻahu (pronounced /oˈʔɐhu/ in Hawaiian), known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the State of Hawaiʻi. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast.
The island is home to about 900,000 people (approximately 75% of the resident population of the state) and partly because of this, Oʻahu has for a long time been nicknamed "The Gathering Place". However, the term Oʻahu has no confirmed meaning in Hawaiian, other than that of the place itself.[4] Ancient Hawaiian tradition attributes the name's origin in the legend of Hawaiʻiloa, the Polynesian navigator credited with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates that he named the island after a son.
The city of Honolulu—largest city, state capital, and main deepwater marine port for the State of Hawaiʻi—is located here. As a jurisdictional unit, the entire island of Oʻahu is in the City & County of Honolulu, although as a place name, Honolulu occupies only a portion of the southeast end of the island (essentially, the Honolulu District). Well-known features found on Oʻahu include Waikīkī, Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Hanauma Bay, Kāneʻohe Bay, Kailua Bay, North Shore.
瓦胡岛 （夏威夷語:Oʻahu，英語：Oahu ）是夏威夷群島中面積第三大的島嶼，也是群島中人口最多的島嶼，島上的檀香山（又稱為火奴魯魯）是美國夏威夷州首府所在。该岛面积1,545.34平方公里，人口868,751人（2004年）。岛上的珍珠港是美国太平洋舰队的母港。
1845年，卡美哈梅哈三世将夏威夷王国的首都从毛伊岛迁至本岛。
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