Honolulu
Honolulu (Template:IPA-en) 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 ceety an the coonty are consolidatit, kent as the Ceety an Coonty o Honolulu, an the ceety an coonty are designated as the entire island. The Ceety an Coonty o Honolulu is the ae incorporatit ceety in Hawaii, as aw ither local govrenment entities are administered at the coonty level. Honolulu is an aa referred tae as the business an trade caipital o the paceefic, an is the lairgest ceety in the Sooth Paceefic alang wi being the Unitit States maist soothwasterly lairge ceety. The population o the CDP wis 371,657 at the 2000 census, while the population o the Ceety an Coonty wis 909,863, makin it the 57t-lairgest metropolitan aurie in the Unitit States. Honolulu is an aa the maist populous state caipital relative tae state population. In the Hawaiian language, Honolulu means "sheltered 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 near the ceety on December 7, 1941.
