oahu

Other forms of oahu

plural

oahus·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about oahu

What does oahu mean?

oahu means "an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state".

How many syllables are in oahu?

oahu has 3 syllables: o-a-hu. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˌoʊˈɑhu/.

What is another word for oahu?

Close synonyms include Oahu Island. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oahu a common word?

oahu is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.