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Meaning of Sandwich Islands | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An early name for the archipelago of nineteen Hawaiian Islands.

obsolete

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Examples

“[…]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?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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