Hawaii
English
Etymology
From Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki (“traditional homeland”).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hawaii
- 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.
- 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
- (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
- (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
- Blue Hawaii
- County of Hawaii
- HA
- Hawaiian
- Hawaii burger
- Hawaii County
- Hawaii Island
- Hawaii State
- hawaiite
- Island of Hawaii
- Kingdom of Hawaii
- State of Hawaii
Translations
state of the United States
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chain of islands
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largest of the Hawaiian Islands
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kingdom
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Translations to be checked
See also
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
Danish
German
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)
- Hawaii (an island)
- Hawaii (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
- Hawaii-Inseln
- Hawaiier
- Hawaiianer
- hawaiisch
- hawaiianisch
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒvɒji]
- Hyphenation: Ha‧waii
- Rhymes: -ji
Proper noun
Hawaii
- Hawaii (an island)
- Synonym: Hawaii-szigetek
- Hawaii (a state of the United States)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈwaj/, (archaic or literary) /aˈvaj/
- Rhymes: -aj
- Hyphenation: Ha‧wàii
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Derived terms
- hawaier
- hawaiisk
Norwegian Nynorsk
Swedish
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ha.ˈva.iː/
- Hyphenation: Ha‧wa‧i‧ʻi
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