Wake Island
An island of the United States, among the islands of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean,…An island of the United States, among the islands of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior and used solely by the United States Air Force.
Meaning
1 sensesAn island of the United States, among the islands of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior and used solely by the United States Air Force.
Origin
Originally Wake's Island; named after Captain William Wake of the Prince William Henry (aOriginally Wake's Island; named after Captain William Wake of the Prince William Henry (a British trading schooner) between the 1790s and 1803. Alternatively said to be named for a Captain Samuel Wake.
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