OFFICIAL name of the island?

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Originally posted by Lee M-S

Someone from Oahu recently said,
"You guys still call it 'the big island'! I thought we were all told it now has to be called 'Hawaii'."

I thought that I read that the official name of the island is "The Big Island of Hawaii" but I don't remember where I got that.

Anybody got the real scoop? History, stories, opinions?

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I dunno. I still call Red Road, red road, even though it hasnt been red in months and "officially" it is Hwy 137.