Sandwich Islands

English Hawaiian Islands Etymology Named in 1778 by Captain James Cook in honour of the First Lord of the Admiralty, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Proper noun Sandwich Islands en obsolete An early name for the archipelago of nineteen Hawaiian Islands. en 1875 The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella L. Bird https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6750/pg6750-images.html I should be sorry to form an unworthy estimate of that of my own circle, though I have several times met with the foregoing confusion, as well as the following and other equally ill-informed questions, one or two of which I reluctantly admit that I might have been guilty of myself before I visited the Pacific: “Whereabouts are the Sandwich Islands? They are not the same as the Fijis, are they? Related terms en Sandwich Island (Manuae Island) South Sandwich Islands Sandwich sandwich Translations Hawaiian Islands Armenian: hy Սանդվիչյան կղզիներ p Bengali: bn হাওয়াই দ্বীপপুঞ্জ Bulgarian: bg Са́ндвичеви о́строви m-p German: de Sandwichinseln f-p Russian: ru Са́ндвичевы острова́ m-p en discontinued eponyms en Hawaii, USA Islands