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Definition of Nihau
1. Noun. The most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai).
Group relationships: Hawaiian Islands, Sandwich Islands
Generic synonyms: Island
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nihau
Literary usage of Nihau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, Or Owhyhee: Or Owhyhee; with by William Ellis (1827)
"nihau, a small island, twenty miles in length, and seven miles wide, ... and nihau,
and contributes essentially to the support of the inhabitants. ..."
2. A Residence in the Sandwich Islands by Charles Samuel Stewart (1839)
"nihau lies south-west from Kauai fifteen miles, and is twenty miles long and seven
... KAULA, situated seventeen miles south-west of nihau, like Molokini, ..."
3. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1891)
"The island of nihau was then for sale; they purchased it, and taking their wooden
houses with them, ..."
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