Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The word sandwich when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language: Sandwich -- a preparation of meat or some other filling between two slices of bread, which can be held in the hand and eaten without utensils (in theory) The following places: Sandwich, England -- One of the Cinque Ports, a town of about 4,500 on the eastern coast of England. Sandwich, Illinois, United States of America Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States of America -- a town of about 22,000 on Cape Cod Sandwich, New Hampshire -- a town of about 1,300 Sandwich is also a part of the names of: John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich -- the alleged inventor in 1762 of the sandwich The Hawaiian Islands were, for a short time, known to Western geographers as the Sandwich Islands.(See Captain James Cook). This is a disambiguation page — one that defines subjects and points to articles that share the same name. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.