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The Big Island The Island of Hawai?i, also called the Big Island or Hawai?i Island (pronounced /h?'wa?.i/ in English and [h?'w?i?i] or [h?'v?i?i] in Hawaiian), is a volcanic island in the U.S. State of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of 4,028 square miles (10,432 km²), it is the largest island in the United States and larger than all of the other Hawaiian Islands combined. Hawai?i is said to have been named for Hawai?iloa, the legendary Polynesian navigator who first discovered it. However, other accounts attribute the name to the legendary land or realm of Hawaiki, a place from which the Polynesians originated (see also Manua), the place where they go in the afterlife, the realm of the gods. The Island of Hawai?i is administered as the County of Hawai?i. The county seat is Hilo. It is estimated that as of the year 2008, the island had a resident population of 201,109.
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