23 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks
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Waikīkī and Honolulu from Diamond Head © Hakilon/cc-by-3.0
Hawaii (
Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi) is an island
state of the
United States, in the
Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two
non-contiguous U.S. states (alongside
Alaska), it is the only state not on the
North American mainland, the only state that is an
archipelago, and the only state in the
tropics.
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