Which island has so greatly influenced Las Vegas, Nevada that the city has been nicknamed "The Ninth Island"?

Las Vegas, Nevada is fondly nicknamed the “Ninth Island” because it's a favorite among Hawaiians. The food, culture, and music of Hawaii are greatly enjoyed in Las Vegas.

Some experts have said that unlike most modern “immigrant” populations, Hawaiians have a strong tendency toward assimilation. Nonetheless, there is no “Little Honolulu” in Las Vegas. Hawaiian businesses and residences are spread throughout the Valley in Nevada, from Henderson in the south to Craig Road up north.

Hawaiians specifically like to live in Green Valley and in Centennial Hills. Their community is tight; they stick very close together.

The Hawaiian explosion in Las Vegas, Nevada has quietly changed the landscape. Its strongest effect has almost been an epidemic of people learning how to “hang loose,” as the Hawaiians say.

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Elsy O. Stromberg

Ken Putnam- Hawaii is an island; I went there. It's referred to as the Big island.

timwhitestevens

I found the explanation both informative and interesting.

timwhitestevens

Ken Putnam, Obviously. The question asks for the 9th island; which means there is more than one island, hence islands.

timwhitestevens

Gery Tillmanns, I disagree.

timwhitestevens

Larry Kuykendall, What are 'cigizebs'? What does 'ignotant' mean?

Maia

Gery Tillmanns, I don't see any problem with the question. In fact, it seems the writer picked an interesting subject and explained it pretty well.

Ken Putnam

Hawaii isn't an island Neither are the Bahamas, the Philipines, nor the British Virgin Islands

Randolph W. Roberts

Mack McCullough, Yes, there are eight islands, so a place that has many native HawIians, although not part of the Hawaiian Island chain, might be considered to be the "9th Island."

Randolph W. Roberts

Larry Kuykendall, The word "immigrant" was placed in quotation marks, meaning that Hawaiians who settle in Las Vegas have resettled from their original state, so they are not "native " Las Vegas, but have simply moved to another state - albeit very far away.