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Definition of Pearl harbor
1. Noun. A harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941.
Definition of Pearl harbor
1. Proper noun. Deep water harbor on Oahu, Hawaii ¹
2. Proper noun. US Navy base at the harbor. ¹
3. Noun. A sneak attack, often using underhanded measures. ¹
4. Noun. A seminal dramatic event that unites a community and arouses it into action against an enemy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearl Harbor
Literary usage of Pearl harbor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"pearl harbor, an inlet on the southern coast of the island of Oahu Hawaii, six
miles west of Honolulu. It is landlocked and has a depth of from 50 to 60 ..."
2. American Diplomacy in the Orient by John Watson Foster (1903)
"The action of the Hawaiian government in ceding pearl harbor to the United States
led to a protest from the British minister in Honolulu, who said that such ..."
3. War and Waste: A Series of Discussions of War and War Accessories by David Starr Jordan (1913)
"... XXVII pearl harbor What shall we say of pearl harbor, our new stronghold of
the sea ? We have been told that Hawaii has dangers both within and without. ..."
4. America in Hawaii: A History of United States Influence in the Hawaiian Islands by Edmund Janes Carpenter (1899)
"THE provisional cession by the Hawaiian government to the United States of Pearl
Harbor, by the convention of 1887, was the first step which gave to ..."
5. Natural History of Hawaii: Being an Account of the Hawaiian People, the by William Alanson Bryan (1915)
"UT HARBOR—pearl harbor. Beginning with Honolulu Harbor, situated at the mouth of
the Nuuanu stream, and about midway along the southern side of the island ..."
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