Wake Island
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Wake Island
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Originally 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.
proper noun Wake's Island
- 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. Intelligence has been received at Hong Kong of the total loss of the ship Libelle while on a voyage to that port from San Francisco, having on board a valuable cargo and specie to the extent of £76,000 in dollars, and a number of passengers, among whom were Madame Anna Bishop, Miss Phelan, Mr. M. Sc
