Hawaii

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

English
Hawaii in respect to the rest of the United States

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (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]
    • (Hawaii, also) IPA(key): /həˈvaɪʔi/, /həˈvɑːʔi/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪi
  • Hyphenation: Ha‧waii

Proper noun

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, 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

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

Derived terms

Translations
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See also
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
  1. POLLEX entry

Further reading

Catalan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hawaii m

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

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hawaii.

Proper noun

Hawaii (genitive Hawaiis)

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

German

Alternative forms

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

Proper noun

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

Hungarian

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

Proper noun

Hawaii

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

Declension
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

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.

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

Proper noun

Hawaii f pl (plural only)

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

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Hawaii

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

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Hawaii

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

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.

Noun

Hawaii c

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

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.

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

Proper noun

Hawaii

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