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What's not close for travelling? American islands (6)

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hawaii

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'islands' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for hawaii that I've seen before include "Birthplace of the 44th US president" , "State capital is Honolulu" , "US Pacific island state" , "The Aloha State" , "islands" .)

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