Honolulu

Honolulu (US Inglis: [ˌhoʊnəˈluːluː]; Hawaiian: [honoˈlulu]) is the caipital o an the maist populous census-designatit place (CDP) in the U.S. state o Hawaii. Although the name "Honolulu" refers tae the urban aurie on the sootheastren shore o the island o Oahu, the city an the coonty are consolidatit, kent as the Ceety an Coonty o Honolulu, an the city an coonty are designatit as the entire island. The Ceety an Coonty o Honolulu is the ae incorporatit ceety in Hawaii, as aw ither local govrenment entities are admeenistered at the coonty level. Honolulu is an aa referred tae as the business an trade caipital o the Paceefic, an it is the lairgest ceety in the Sooth Paceefic alang wi bein the Unitit States maist soothwasterly lairge city. The population o the CDP wis 371,657 at the 2000 census, whiles the population o the City an Coonty wis 909,863, makkin it the 57t-lairgest metropolitan area in the Unitit States. Honolulu is an aa the maist populous state caipital relative tae state population. In the Hawaiian leid, Honolulu means "sheltert bay" or "place o shelter". Honolulu haes been the caipital o the Hawaiian islands syne 1845 an gained historical recognition follaein the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor naur the ceety on 7 December 1941. Sister an twin ceeties Amang the sister an twin ceeties are: Baku, Azerbaijan San Juan, Puerto Rico Manila, Philippines Zhongshan, Guangdong, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Bruyères, Fraunce Iloilo Ceety, Philippines Bursa, Turkey Hiroshima, Japan References