Sandwich Islands

Meaning

Proper Noun

Hawaiian Islands (an early name for the archipelago of nineteen Hawaiian Islands)

Origin

From being an island chain named in 1778 by Captain James Cook in honour of the First Lord of the Admiralty, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich

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