Honolulu, Hawaii

•Honolulu  is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii.

•It is means "sheltered harbor" or "calm port".

• In 1794, Captain William Brown of Great Britain was the first foreigner to sail into what is now Honolulu Harbor. Eventually more ships followed, making the port of Honolulu a focal point for merchant ships.

•In 1845, Kamehameha III the kind at that time moved the permanent capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom from Lahaina on Maui to Honolulu. He and the kings that followed him transformed Honolulu into a modern capital.