Havaí

See also: Havai

Icelandic

Etymology

From English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːvaiː/

Proper noun

Havaí n (indeclinable)

1. Hawaii

Derived terms

• havaírós
• havaískur
• havaískyrta

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Havai (Portugal)
• Hawaí, Hawaií

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈi/

• Homophone: Avaí

Proper noun

Havaí m (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. Hawaii (an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean)
2. Hawaii (the largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago)
3. Hawaii (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

• (Hawaii archipelago): Ilhas Sanduíche (historical), Ilhas Canecas (Hawaii)

Derived terms

• havaiana
• havaiano