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Oahu ( in English) or Oahu ( in Hawaiian

Hawaiian phonology

This article is a linguistic description of the phonology system of Hawaiian language based on documented experiences of the people who developed the Hawaiian alphabet during the 1820s and scholarly research on the Hawaiian language conducted by lexicographers and linguists from 1949 to present....
), known as "The Gathering Place"Gathering place

A gathering place is any place where people are able to congregate. Gathering places may be public space; for example, city streets, town squares, and parks; or private; for example, churches, coffee shops, stadiums, and theaters....
, is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands

Hawaiian Islands

The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of 19 islands and atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll....
and most populous of the islands in the State of Hawaii

Hawaii

File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast. Including small close-in offshore islands such as Ford Island

Ford Island

Ford Island is located in the middle of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It is connected to the main island by the Ford Island Bridge. Before the bridge was built, Ford Island could only be reached by a Ferry which ran at hourly intervals for cars and foot passengers....
and the islands in Kaneohe Bay and off the eastern coast, it has a total land area of , making it the 20th largest island in the United States

List of islands of the United States by area

This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 20 square miles , but excludes peninsulas such as Cape Cod, Copper Island, or Delmarva Peninsula that were originally connected to the mainland, but have been effectively transformed into islands by the building of canals....
. In greatest dimension, this volcanic island is long and across.

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Oahu ( in English) or Oahu ( in Hawaiian

Hawaiian phonology

Hawaiian Islands

Hawaii

Ford Island

List of islands of the United States by area

Shield volcano

A shield volcano is a large volcano with shallow-sloping sides. The name derives from a translation of "Skjaldbrei?ur", an Icelandic shield volcano whose name means "broad shield", from its resemblance to a warrior's shield....
es: Waianae

Waianae Range

Waianae Range is the Erosion remains of an ancient shield volcano that comprises the western half of the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu. Its crest, at Mt....
and Koolau

Koolau Range

Koolau Range is a name given to the fragmented remnant of the eastern or windward shield volcano of the Hawaiian Islands island of Oahu. It is not a mountain range in the normal sense, because it was formed as a single mountain called Koolau Volcano ....
, with a broad "valley" or saddle (the central Oahu Plain) between them. The highest point is Mt. Ka'ala

Mt. Ka'ala

Mt. Kaala is the highest peak on the island of Oahu, at 4,003 ft . It is located in Wahiawa and is a part of the Waianae Range, which is located on the west side of the island....
in the Waianae Range, rising to above sea level.

Introduction

The island is home to about 900,000 people (approximately 75% of the resident population of the state) and partly because of this, Oahu has for a long time been nicknamed "The Gathering Place"

Gathering place

A gathering place is any place where people are able to congregate. Gathering places may be public space; for example, city streets, town squares, and parks; or private; for example, churches, coffee shops, stadiums, and theaters....
. However, the term Oahu has no confirmed meaning in Hawaiian

Hawaiian language

The Hawaiian language is an Austronesian languages that takes its name from Hawaii , the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed....
, other than that of the place itself. Ancient Hawaiian tradition attributes the name's origin in the legend of Hawaiiloa

Hawaiiloa

Hawaiiloa is the hero of an ancient Hawaiian legend about the settling of the Hawaiian Islands. After having accidentally stumbled upon the islands, he returned to his homeland which he called Ka aina kai melemele a Kane, "the land of the yellow sea of Kane"....
, the Polynesia

Polynesia

Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean....
n navigator credited with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates that he named the island after a son.

The city of Honolulu

Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu is the Capital and most populous census-designated place in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and the county are consolidated, known as the Honolulu County, Hawaii, and the city and county is designated as the entire island....
—largest city, state capital, and main deepwater marine port

Port

||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|}A port is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo. They are usually found at the edge of an ocean, sea, river, or lake....
for the State of Hawaii—is located here. As a jurisdictional unit, the entire island of Oahu is in the City & County of Honolulu, although as a place name, Honolulu occupies only a portion of the southeast end of the island (essentially, the Honolulu District). Well-known features found on Oahu include Waikiki

Waikiki

Waikiki or Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, Hawaii....
, Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is a harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu, Hawaii. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base....
, Diamond Head

Diamond Head, Hawaii

Diamond Head is the name of a volcanic volcanic cone#ash cone on the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu and known to Native Hawaiianss as Leahi, most likely from lae 'browridge, promontory' plus ahi 'tuna' because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin....
, Hanauma Bay

Hanauma Bay

Hanauma Bay is a marine embayment formed within a volcanic cone or volcanic caldera and located along the southeast coast of the Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands....
, Kaneohe Bay, Kailua Bay, North Shore.

History

The old Kingdom of Oahu was once ruled by the most ancient Alii

Ali'i

Alii is the hereditary chiefly or noble rank in traditional Hawaiian society. The alii were the highest class, ranking above both kahuna and maka'ainana ....
in all of the Hawaiian Islands. The first great king of Oahu was Mailikukahi

Mailikukahi

Mailikukahi was the 8th Alii Aimoku of Oahu. He reigned as the titular chieftain or King of the island of Oahu and all its territories it may of claim at the time....
, the law maker, who was followed by many generation of excellent monarchs. Kualii

Kualii

Kualii Kunuiakea Kuikealaikauaokalani, the 19th Alii Aimoku of Oahu and 20th Alii Aimoku of Kauai. He ruled as titular King or chief of Oahu and of Kauai....
was the first of the warlike kings and so were his sons. In 1773, the throne fell upon Kahahana

Kahahana

Kahahana was the 22nd Alii Aimoku of Oahu and King of Molokai, ruling as the titular King or chieftain of the island of Oahu and its tributary, the island of Molokai, from the year 1773 until his death in 1783)....
, the son of Elani of Ewa

Elani of Ewa

Elani was a High Chief of the Ewa district on the Oahu and father of the last independent Alii Aimoku of Oahu. He fought Kahekili II in uprising to regain the autonomy of the Kingdom of Oahu, and he pay the price with death....
. In 1783 Kahekili II

Kahekili II

Kahekili II 25th Mo'i of Maui. His name was short for Kane after the Hawaiian god of thunder. Because he was named for the god of thunder, who was believed to be black on one side of his body, Kahekili may have been tattooed on one side from head to foot....
, King of Maui, conquered Oahu and deposed the reigning family and then made his son Kalanikupule

Kalanikupule

Kalanikupule was the 27th Moi of Maui and King of Oahu. He was the last king to physically fight with Kamehameha I over the Hawaiian Islands. Kalanikupule was the last of the longest line of Alii Aimoku in Hawaiian Islands....
king of Oahu. Kamehameha the Great

Kamehameha I

Kamehameha I , also known as Kamehameha the Great, conquered the Hawaiian Islands and formally established the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810. By developing alliances with the major Pacific colonial powers, Kamehameha preserved Hawaii's independence under his rule....
would conquer Kalanikupule's force in the Battle of Nuuanu

Battle of Nu'uanu

The Battle of Nuuanu , fought in May 1795 on the southern part of the island of Oahu, was a key battle in the final days of Kamehameha I wars to unify the Hawaiian Islands....
. Kamehameha founded the Kingdom of Hawaii

Kingdom of Hawaii

The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kauai and Niihau by the chiefdom of Hawaii into one unified government....
with the conquest of Oahu in 1795. Hawaii would not be unified until the islands of Kauai

Kauai

Kauai or Kauai is the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago and the List of islands of the United States by area....
and Niihau

Niihau

Niihau or Niihau is the smallest of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii, having an area of . Known as the "Forbidden Isle", Niihau lies 17.5 miles across the Hawaiian islands channels, southwest of Kauai, and the crescent-shaped island of Lehua is positioned 0.7 miles north of Niihau....
surrendered under King Kaumualii

Kaumualii

Kaumualii , also known as George Kaumualii, was the last independent Ali'i, or king, of the islands of Kauai and Niihau before becoming a vassal of Kamehameha I of the unified Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810....
in 1810. Kamehameha III

Kamehameha III

Kamehameha III , was the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1824 to 1854. He was Hawaii's longest-reigning monarch. His full Hawaiian name was Keaweawe`ula Kiwala`o Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa and then lengthened to Keaweawe`ula Kiwala`o Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa Kalani Waiakua Kalanikau Iokikilo Kiwala`o i ke kapu Kamehameha when he ascended the throne....
moved his capital from Lahaina, Hawaii, Maui

Maui

The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727.2 square miles and is the List of islands of the United States by area....
to Honolulu, Oahu in 1845. Iolani Palace

?Iolani Palace

Iolani Palace, situated in the capitol district of downtown Honolulu in the U.S. state of Hawaii, is the only royal palace used as an official residence by a reigning monarch in the United States and is a National Historic Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places....
, built later by other members of the royal family, is still standing, and is the only royal palace on American soil.

Oahu was apparently the first of the Hawaiian Islands sighted by the crew of HMS Resolution on 18 January 1778 during Capt. James Cook

James Cook

Captain James Cook Royal Society Royal Navy was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy....
's third Pacific expedition. Escorted by HMS Discovery

HMS Discovery (1774)

HMS Discovery was the consort ship of James Cook's third expedition to the Pacific Ocean in 1776 - 1780. Like Cook's other ships, Discovery was a Whitby-built collier of 298 tons, originally named Diligence when she was built in 1774....
, the expedition was surprised to find high islands this far north in the central Pacific. Oahu was not actually visited by Europeans until 28 February 1779 when Captain Clerke aboard HMS Resolution stepped ashore at Waimea Bay

Waimea Bay, Hawaii

Waimea Bay is located in Haleiwa, HI on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands at the mouth of the Waimea River. Waimea Valley extends behind Waimea Bay....
. Clerke had taken command of the ship after Capt. Cook was killed

James Cook

Captain James Cook Royal Society Royal Navy was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy....
at Kealakekua Bay

Kealakekua Bay

Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island of Hawai'i about 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona.The sheer cliff face overlooking the bay was once the burial place of native Hawaiian royalty....
(island of Hawaii

Hawaii (island)

The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcano island in the U.S. Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean....
) on February 14, and was leaving the islands for the North Pacific.

The opening battle of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
in the Pacific for the United States was the Imperial Japanese Navy

Imperial Japanese Navy

The origins of the Imperial Japanese Navy trace back to early interactions with nations on the Asia, beginning in the early history of Japan#Feudal Japan and reaching a peak of activity during the 16th and 17th centuries at a time of cultural diffusion with European power during the Age of Discovery....
preemptive attack on Pearl Harbor

Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, later resulting in the United States becoming militarily involved in World War II....
, Oahu on the morning of December 7, 1941. The surprise attack was aimed at the Pacific Fleet

United States Pacific Fleet

The United States Pacific Fleet is a Pacific Ocean Navy theater-level component command of the United States Navy, under the operational control of the United States Pacific Command....
of the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
and its defending Army Air Corps

United States Army Air Corps

The United States Army Air Corps was the predecessor of the United States Army Air Forces from 1926-41, which in turn was the forerunner of today's United States Air Force , established in 1947....
and Marine Air Forces

United States Marine Corps Aviation

File:1 Marnie Aviation Banner.jpgWhile other nations have Marine corps who are aviators, only the United States Marine Corps has its own dedicated aviation arm....
. The attack damaged or destroyed twelve American warships, destroyed 188 aircraft, and resulted in the deaths of 2,403 American servicemen and 68 civilians.

Today, Oahu has become a tourism and shopping haven as over five million visitors (mainly from the American mainland

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
and Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
) flock there every year to enjoy the quintessential island holiday experience that the Hawaiian Islands and their multicultural people now personify.

An earthquake

2006 Hawaii earthquake

The 2006 Hawaii earthquake was an offshore earthquake occurring 10 km southwest from Puako, Hawai'i, United States, on Sunday October 15 2006 at 7:07:49 AM local time ....
, measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale, struck Oahu and the surrounding islands at 7:07:49 AM HST

HST

HST may refer to:* Harmonized Sales Tax* Harry S. Truman, thirty-third President of the United States* Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology...
on 15 October 2006, causing a statewide power outage and over $200 million in damages.

Tourist attractions

Top beaches

Hanauma Bay
Hanauma Bay

Hanauma Bay is a marine embayment formed within a volcanic cone or volcanic caldera and located along the southeast coast of the Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands....
Waikiki Beach
Waikiki

Waikiki or Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, Hawaii....
Kailua Beach
Lanikai Beach
Lanikai Beach

Lanikai Beach is located in Lanikai, a suburb of Kailua, on the windward coast of Oahu, HI. This small 0.5 mile beach has been constantly ranked among the best beaches in world....
Waimanalo Beach
Ala Moana Beach
Ala Moana Beach Park

Ala Moana Beach Park is a free public park on the island of Oahu, U.S. state of Hawaii, located between Waikiki and downtown Honolulu. This park has a wide gold-sand beach that is over a half-mile long....
Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach (Oahu)

Sunset Beach is on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawai'i and known for big wave surfing during the winter season. The original Hawaiian name for this place is Paumalu....
Waimea Bay
Sandy Beach
Sandy Beach

Sandy Beach is on the South Shore of O?ahu in Hawai?i. It is known for its shorebreak and for its bodyboarding and bodysurfing. The area is also known for its strong current and dangerous shorebreak....

Attractions

Diamond Head
Diamond Head, Hawaii

Diamond Head is the name of a volcanic volcanic cone#ash cone on the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu and known to Native Hawaiianss as Leahi, most likely from lae 'browridge, promontory' plus ahi 'tuna' because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin....
Valley of the temples
North Shore
North Shore (Oahu)

The North Shore, in the context of geography of the Oahu, refers to the north-facing coastal area of Oahu between Kaena Point and Kahuku, Hawai'i Point....
Pali Lookout
USS Arizona Memorial
USS Arizona Memorial

The USS Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors killed on the USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 by Japanese imperial armed forces and commemorates the events of that day....
USS Missouri
USS Missouri (BB-63)

USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa class battleship, and was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S....
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is a harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu, Hawaii. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base....
Waikiki
Waikiki

Waikiki or Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, Hawaii....
Polynesian Cultural Center
Polynesian Cultural Center

The Polynesian Cultural Center is a living museum located in La'ie, Hawai'i, on the northern part of Oahu, Hawaii. Dedicated in October 12 1963, the PCC is located on 42 acres of land owned by nearby Brigham Young University Hawaii, where most of the performers are enrolled as students....
Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu is the Capital and most populous census-designated place in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and the county are consolidated, known as the Honolulu County, Hawaii, and the city and county is designated as the entire island....
Ala Moana
Ala Moana

Ala Moana is the name of a commercial, retail and residential district of Honolulu, Hawaii nestled between Waikiki to the east and Kakaako and Honolulu Harbor to the west....
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu Academy of Arts

The Honolulu Academy of Arts was chartered in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke , who desired to share her love for the arts with the children of Honolulu and Hawaii....
Mauna Ala
Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii

The Royal Mausoleum, known as Mauna Ala in the Hawaiian language, is the final resting place of Hawai'i's two prominent royal families: the House of Kamehameha and the House of Kalakaua....

Television and film

Oahu has been featured in many movies and television shows, including, but not limited to: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United States romantic comedy film from Universal Pictures directed by Nicholas Stoller and written by Jason Segel....
, 50 First Dates
50 First Dates

50 First Dates is a 2004 in film romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore and directed by Peter Segal....
, Blue Crush
Blue Crush

Blue Crush is a 2002 in film surfing film directed by John Stockwell and based on the Outside magazine article "Surfer Girls of Maui" by Susan Orlean....
, Flight 29 Down
Flight 29 Down

Flight 29 Down is a Television series about a group of teenagers who are stranded on an island. It was produced by Discovery Kids.The show was created by Stan Rogow and D....
, Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O is an United States television series that starred Jack Lord as Lead Detective for a fictional Hawaii state police department....
, Dante's Cove
Dante's Cove

Dante's Cove is an United States LGBT-oriented horror television show. The series airs on here!, a premium gay-oriented network.Created by Michael Costanza and directed by Sam Irvin, Dante's Cove combines elements of the horror and soap opera genres in telling the story of Kevin and Toby , a young couple seeking to be together and...
, 'Jake and the Fatman

Jake and the Fatman

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles....
, the Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park (film)

Jurassic Park is a 1993 in film science fiction film Thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton....
movies, Windtalkers

Windtalkers

Windtalkers is a 2002 in film action film war film directed by John Woo, director of Face/Off and the Mission: Impossible to Mission: Impossible ....
, Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)

Mighty Joe Young is a 1998 Disney family film starring Bill Paxton and Charlize Theron and directed by Ron Underwood. It is based on the 1949 film Mighty Joe Young ....
, The Karate Kid, Part II

The Karate Kid, Part II

The Karate Kid, Part II is a 1986 in film Cinema of the United States adventure film-drama film, and is a sequel to The Karate Kid. Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita reprise their roles of Daniel LaRusso and Kesuke Miyagi, respectively....
, Magnum P.I., North Shore

North Shore (TV series)

North Shore was an United States prime-time soap opera that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company every Monday at 8 p.m. EST for seven months in 2004 and 2005....
, and Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor (film)

Pearl Harbor is a 2001 in film war film directed by Michael Bay. It features a large ensemble cast, including Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Jaime King, and Jennifer Garner....
. The Disney Channel
Disney Channel

Disney Channel is a cable television television channel specializing in television programming for children through original series and movies as well as third party programming....
movie Johnny Tsunami

Johnny Tsunami

Johnny Tsunami is the 10th Disney Channel Original Movie and was released in 1999. It is the predecessor to "Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board", released in June, 2007....
as well as its sequel, Johnny Kapahala

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board is the 70th Disney Channel Original Movie and is the sequel to the 1999 film Johnny Tsunami. The movie premiered on Disney Channel on June 8, 2007....
, use Oahu as the hometown of the family. The reality TV show Dog the Bounty Hunter

Dog the Bounty Hunter

Dog the Bounty Hunter is a reality television show on A&E Network and on Bravo which chronicles Duane Chapman operations at his job, at Da Kine Bail Bonds in Honolulu, Hawaii....
is filmed in the regions of Honolulu, Oahu (as well as other regions in Oahu), and the city of Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i

Kailua is a census-designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, in the Kona District, Hawaii of the Hawaii . The population was 9,870 at the 2000 United States Census....
on the Big Island of Hawaii
Hawaii (island)

The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcano island in the U.S. Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean....
. The children's series Flight 29 Down

Flight 29 Down

Flight 29 Down is a Television series about a group of teenagers who are stranded on an island. It was produced by Discovery Kids.The show was created by Stan Rogow and D....
was filmed on the island. The hit television series Lost

Lost (TV series)

Lost is an American Serial television program. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial Oceanic Flight 815 flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the Oceania....
is also filmed on Oahu, and many of the show's stars call the island home. The island's thick rainforests and picturesque beaches are prominently featured.

Multiplayer online
Online game

An online game is a game played over some forms of Computer networking. At the present, this almost always means the Internet or equivalent technology; but games have always used whatever technology was current: modems before the internet, and hard wired Computer terminal before modems....
racing game
Racing game

A racing game is a genre of Video games. Racing games are either in the first or third person perspective. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings, and feature any type of land, air, or sea vehicles....
Test Drive Unlimited

Test Drive Unlimited

Test Drive Unlimited is an racing game, the 9th game of the series that features over 125 licensed sports cars and motorcycles and a terrain modeled after the Hawaiian island of Oahu that features some 1000 miles of roads and highways....
takes place on a fully modeled Oahu island with of roads and highways.

Oahu

Introduction

History

Tourist attractions

Top beaches

Attractions

Television and film

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