Hawaiʻi
Hawaiian
proper noun
Definitions
- The Hawaiian Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean between North America and Oceania.
- (specifically) The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
- An Oceanian state of the United States of America comprising much of the Hawaiian Islands. The capital is Honolulu, on the island of Oahu.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki (traditional homeland).
Origin
Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
*Sawaiki
Gloss
traditional homeland
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hawaii English
- Hawaiian English
- Hawaiian pizza English
- hawaiite English
- Hawaii Italian
- Hawái Spanish, Castilian
- Havaí Portuguese
- ハワイ Japanese
- Hawaje Polish
- Haváis Irish
- Haváí Irish
- Haváíoch Irish
- Hawaii Danish
- Havaí Icelandic
- ฮาวาย Thai
- Χαβάη Greek (modern)
- Havaii Faroese
- Ḥawai Asturian
- Awai Marshallese
- Hawáai hahoodzo Navajo, Navaho
- Hawaiki Maori
- Savai'i Samoan
- *Sawaiki Proto-Nuclear Polynesian