English Explanatory Dictionary

Hawaii

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An insular state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Honolulu.
  2. An archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, between North America and Oceania.
  3. An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
  4. A former kingdom in the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean.

Pronunciation

həwīʹē /həˈwaɪ.i/ həwīʹ(j)ē həwäʹ(j)ē həwŏʹ(j)ē /həˈwɑ.i/ /həˈwɔ.i/ [hʊ̈ˈwaɪ̯(j)i] [hʊ̈ˈwɑ(j)i] [hʊ̈ˈwɔ(j)i] /həˈvaɪʔi/ /həˈvɑːʔi/ en-us-Hawaii.ogg /həˈʋɑj(i)/ /həˈʋaj(i)/

Word forms

Hawaii Hawaiʻi Hawai'i Hawai`i

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki (“traditional homeland”).

Synonyms

Aloha State Hawaii State State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands Islands of Hawaii Sandwich Islands Big Island Hawaii Island Island of Hawaii Kingdom of Hawaii Hawaii Kingdom Hawaiian Kingdom

Derived words

Alaska-Hawaii Time Blue Hawaii County of Hawaii HA Hawaii-Aleutian Time Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone Hawaiian Hawaii burger Hawaii County Hawaii Island Hawaii State hawaiite Hawaii Time Island of Hawaii Kingdom of Hawaii State of Hawaii toast Hawaii

Translations

Arabic: هَاوَاي Armenian: Հավայան կղզիներ Catalan: illes Hawaii Catalan: illes Hawai Catalan: Hawai Catalan: Hawaii Chinese Mandarin: 夏威夷 Chinese Mandarin: 夏威夷群島 /夏威夷群岛 Chinook Jargon: oihe (owaihi) Czech: Havajské ostrovy Czech: Havaj Esperanto: Havajo Faroese: Havaiioyggjar Faroese: Havaii Finnish: Havaijisaaret Finnish: Hawaii French: Hawaï French: les îles Hawaï Georgian: ჰავაი Georgian: ჰავაის კუნძულები German: Hawaii Haitian Creole: Awayi Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi Hindi: हवाई Irish: Oileáin Haváí Italian: Hawaii Japanese: ハワイ諸島 Japanese: 布哇 Japanese: ハワイ島 Lao: ຮາວາຍ Latvian: Havaju salas Lithuanian: Havajų salos Lithuanian: Havajis Lithuanian: Havajai Macedonian: Хава́и Norwegian Bokmål: Hawaii Norwegian Nynorsk: Hawaii Occitan: Hawaii Okanagan: wahú Pohnpeian: Awai Polish: Hawaje Brazilian Portuguese: Havaí European Portuguese: Havai Romanian: Hawaii Russian: Гава́йи Russian: Гава́йские острова́ Serbo-Croatian: Havajski otoci Spanish: Hawái Swedish: Hawaiiöarna Swedish: Hawaii Thai: ฮาวาย Tongan: Hauaiʻi Tongan: Vaihi Turkish: Hawaii Vietnamese: quần đảo Hawaii Vietnamese: quần đảo Ha-oai Vietnamese: quần đảo Hạ Uy Di Vietnamese: đảo Hawaii Vietnamese: đảo Ha-oai Vietnamese: đảo Hạ Uy Di Galician: Hawai
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