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Hawaii

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See also: Hawaií, Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawai`i, and hawaii

English

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Hawaii in respect to the rest of the United States

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki (“traditional homeland”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (UK, Canada) enPR: həwīʹē, IPA(key): /həˈwaɪ.i/
  • (US) enPR: həwīʹ(j)ē, həwäʹ(j)ē, həwŏʹ(j)ē, IPA(key): /həˈwaɪ(j)i/, /həˈwɑ(j)i/, /həˈwɔ(j)i/, [hʊ̈ˈwaɪ̯(j)i], [hʊ̈ˈwɑ(j)i], [hʊ̈ˈwɔ(j)i]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪi
  • Hyphenation: Ha‧waii

Proper noun

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Hawaii

  1. An insular state in the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Honolulu.
    Synonyms: Aloha State, Hawaii State, State of Hawaii
    • 2007, Joe Biden, “Jill”, in Promises to Keep‎[1], New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 111:
      I've learned a lot by watching my Democratic colleague from Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye. He’s a man of uncommon decency. I’ve never seen him demand political loyalty because of party or friendship, and I’ve never known him to go back on his word.
  2. An archipelago in the Pacific Ocean between North America and Oceania.
    Synonyms: Hawaiian Islands, Islands of Hawaii, (obsolete) Sandwich Islands
    Hyponyms: Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Niihau, Kahoolawe
  3. (specifically) An island in Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
    Synonyms: (informal) Big Island, Hawaii Island, Island of Hawaii
  4. (historical) A former kingdom in the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean
    Synonyms: Kingdom of Hawaii, Hawaii Kingdom, Hawaiian Kingdom

Usage notes

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  • The standard spelling in the islands is Hawaiʻi, where the ʻ indicates a glottal stop or phonemic glide. However, Hawaii is the official spelling used in the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.

Holonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Federal district: Washington, D.C.
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

References

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  1. ^ POLLEX entry

Further reading

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Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hawaii m

  1. Hawaii (an island)
  2. Hawaii (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Hawaii.

Proper noun

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Hawaii (genitive Hawaiis)

  1. Hawaii (an island)
  2. Hawaii (a state of the United States)

German

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /haˈvaɪ̯/ (normal)
  • IPA(key): /haˈvaːʔi/ (learned; very rare)
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Hawaii n (proper noun, genitive Hawaiis or (optionally with an article) Hawaii)

  1. Hawaii (an island)
  2. Hawaii (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

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Hungarian

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 Hawaii on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒvɒji]
  • Hyphenation: Ha‧waii
  • Rhymes: -ji

Proper noun

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Hawaii

  1. Hawaii (an island)
    Synonym: Hawaii-szigetek
  2. Hawaii (a state of the United States)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Hawaii —
accusative Hawaiit —
dative Hawaiinak —
instrumental Hawaiival —
causal-final Hawaiiért —
translative Hawaiivá —
terminative Hawaiiig —
essive-formal Hawaiiként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Hawaiiban —
superessive Hawaiin —
adessive Hawaiinál —
illative Hawaiiba —
sublative Hawaiira —
allative Hawaiihoz —
elative Hawaiiból —
delative Hawaiiról —
ablative Hawaiitól —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		Hawaiié —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		Hawaiiéi —
Possessive forms of Hawaii
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Hawaiim —
2nd person sing. Hawaiid —
3rd person sing. Hawaiija —
1st person plural Hawaiink —
2nd person plural Hawaiitok —
3rd person plural Hawaiijuk —

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈwaj/, (archaic or literary) /aˈvaj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: Ha‧wàii

Proper noun

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Hawaii f pl (plural only)

  1. Hawaii (an island)
  2. Hawaii (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

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Hawaii

  1. Hawaii (an island)
  2. Hawaii (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Hawaii

  1. Hawaii (an island)
  2. Hawaii (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.

Noun

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Hawaii c

  1. Hawaii (an island)
  2. Hawaii (a state of the United States)
  3. Hawaiian pizza
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Further reading

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ha.ˈva.iː/
  • Hyphenation: Ha‧wa‧i‧ʻi

Proper noun

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Hawaii

  1. Hawaii (an island)
  2. Hawaii (a state of the United States)
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