The Island of Hawaii (called the Big Island or Hawaii Island) is a
volcanic island in the
Pacific Ocean and one of the eight main islands that comprise the
U.S. state of
Hawaii. Larger than all of the other Hawaiian Islands combined, Hawaii is 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.
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