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Kahoolawe
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Ka·ho·o·la·we  (kä-h-läw, -w, -v)
An island of south-central Hawaii southwest of Maui. The low and unfertile island has been used as a prison and a military target range.
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Noun1.Kahoolawe - an island of south-central Hawaii
Kahoolawe Island
Hawaiian Islands, Sandwich Islands - a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific
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Blackford, Environmental Justice, Native Rights, Tourism, and Opposition to Military Control: The Case of Kaho'olawe, 91 J.
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Formed by six, possibly seven, different volcanoes, the islands of Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i and Kaho'olawe were once a single island called Maui Nui.
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211) Similarly, in 1993 Congress passed an Act recognizing the Hawaiian island of Kaho'olawe, which is sacred to Native Hawaiians, as a national cultural treasure, permanently stopped its use as a military training facility, and then returned the island to the state of Hawaii.
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