Hawai

See also: Hawaí, Hawái, Hawaï, and Ḥawai

Catalan

Alternative forms

• Hawaii

Etymology

Ultimately from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Hawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.

Proper noun

Hawai m

1. (specifically) Hawaii, Hawaii Island (an island in Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States)
2. Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory)

Derived terms

• hawaià (“Hawaiian”)