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The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island, is a volcanic island in the U.S. State of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of 4,028 square miles, it is the largest island in the United States and larger than all of the
other Hawaiian Islands combined. Hawaii is said to have been named for Hawaiiloa, the legendary Polynesian navigator who first discovered it. However, other accounts attribute the name to the legendary land or realm of Hawaiki, a place from which the
Polynesians originated, the place where they go in the afterlife, the realm of the gods. The Island of Hawaii is administered as the County of Hawaii. The county seat is Hilo. It is estimated that as of the year 2008, the island had a resident population
of 201,109.
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