Hawaii

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

English

Hawaii in respect to the rest of the United States

Alternative forms

• Hawaiʻi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) 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)

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• Rhymes: -aɪi, -aɪji, -ɑi, -ɑji, -ɔːi, -ɔːji
• Hyphenation: Ha‧waii

Proper noun

Hawaii

1. An Oceanian state of the United States of America. The capital is Honolulu, on the island of Oahu.

   Synonym: Aloha State

2. A chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean between North America and Oceania.

   Synonyms: Hawaiian Islands, Sandwich Islands (obsolete)

   Hyponyms: Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Niihau, Kahoolawe

3. (specifically) The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

   Synonym: Big Island (informal)

Usage notes

The standard spelling in the islands is Hawaiʻi, where the ʻ indicates a glottal stop or phonemic glide.

Synonyms

• Sandwich Islands (dated)

Holonyms

• Polynesia

Derived terms

• Blue Hawaii
• HA
• Hawaiian
• Hawaii County
• hawaiite

 

Translations

state of the United States

• Amharic: ሃዋይ (haway)
• Arabic: هَاوَاي‎ (hawāy)
• Armenian: Հավայի (Havayi)
• Belarusian: Гава́і pl (Havái)
• Bulgarian: Хава́и pl (Havái)
• Catalan: Hawai m, Hawaii m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 夏威夷

  Mandarin: 夏威夷 (zh) (Xiàwēiyí), 夏威夷州 (zh) (Xiàwēiyí-zhōu)

• Czech: Havaj (cs) f
• Danish: Hawaii
• Dutch: Hawaï (nl), Hawaii (nl)
• Esperanto: Havajo
• Faroese: Havaii n
• Finnish: Havaiji (fi)
• French: Hawaï (fr) f, Hawaii (fr) f
• Galician: Hawai m
• Georgian: ჰავაი (havai)
• German: Hawaii (de)
• Greek: Χαβάη (el) f (Chavái)
• Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi
• Hindi: हवाई (hi) (havāī)
• Icelandic: Havaí n
• Irish: Haváí m
• Italian: Hawaii (it) f pl
• Japanese: ハワイ州 (Hawai-shū), 布哇 (Hawai)

• Kannada: ಹವಾಯಿ (havāyi)
• Korean: 하와이 (Hawai)
• Latvian: Havajas f pl
• Macedonian: Хаваи n (Havái)
• Navajo: Hawáai hahoodzo, Kéyah Ałkééʼ Naaznilgo Dah Ndaaʼeełí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Hawaii (no)

  Nynorsk: Hawaii

• Occitan: Hawaii (oc), Hawaii (oc)
• Persian: هاوائی‎ (fa) (havâi)
• Pohnpeian: Awai
• Polish: Hawaje (pl) m
• Portuguese: Havaí (pt) m (Brazil), Havai (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: Гава́йи (ru) pl (Gaváji)
• Serbo-Croatian: Havaji (sh), Хава́ји
• Slovak: Havaj m
• Slovene: Havaji (sl)
• Spanish: Hawái (es)
• Swedish: Hawaii (sv) n
• Tagalog: Haway, Hawai
• Thai: ฮาวาย (haa-waai)
• Tongan: Hauaiʻi, Vaihi
• Turkish: Hawaii (tr)
• Ukrainian: Гава́йі pl (Haváji)
• Vietnamese: Hawaii, Hạ Uy Di (dated), tiểu bang Hawaii, tiểu bang Hạ Uy Di (dated)
• Yiddish: האַוואַיִ‎ (havai)

chain of islands

• Arabic: هَاوَاي‎ (hawāy)
• Armenian: Հավայան կղզիներ (Havayan kłziner)
• Catalan: illes Hawaii f pl, illes Hawai f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夏威夷 (zh) (Xiàwēiyí), 夏威夷群島 (zh), 夏威夷群岛 (zh) (Xiàwēiyí-qúndǎo)

• Chinook Jargon: oihe (owaihi)
• Czech: Havajské ostrovy (cs) m pl
• Esperanto: Havajo
• Faroese: Havaiioyggjar f pl
• Finnish: Havaijisaaret pl
• French: Hawaï (fr) f, les îles Hawaï
• Georgian: ჰავაი (havai), ჰავაის კუნძულები (havais ḳunʒulebi)
• German: Hawaii (de)
• Haitian Creole: Awayi
• Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi
• Hindi: हवाई (hi) (Havai'i)
• Irish: Oileáin Haváí m pl
• Italian: Hawaii (it) f pl

• Japanese: ハワイ諸島 (Hawai-shotō), 布哇 (Hawai)
• Latvian: Havaju salas f pl
• Macedonian: Хаваи n (Havái)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Hawaii (no)

  Nynorsk: Hawaii

• Occitan: Hawaii (oc)
• Okanagan: wahú
• Pohnpeian: Awai
• Polish: Hawaje (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Havaí (pt) m (Brazil), Havai (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: Гава́йи (ru) pl (Gaváji), Гава́йские острова́ m pl (Gavájskije ostrová)
• Serbo-Croatian: Havajski otoci
• Spanish: Hawái (es)
• Swedish: Hawaiiöarna
• Thai: ฮาวาย (haa-waai)
• Tongan: Hauaiʻi, Vaihi
• Vietnamese: quần đảo Hawaii, quần đảo Hạ Uy Di (dated)

largest of the Hawaiian Islands

• Catalan: Hawai m, Hawaii m
• Czech: Havaj (cs) f
• Esperanto: Havajo
• Faroese: Havaii n
• Finnish: Hawaii (fi)
• French: Hawaï (fr) f
• Galician: Hawai
• Georgian: ჰავაი (havai)
• German: Hawaii (de)
• Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi

• Japanese: ハワイ島 (Hawai-tō), 布哇 (Hawai)
• Macedonian: Хаваи n (Havái)
• Occitan: Hawaii (oc)
• Portuguese: Havaí (pt) m (Brazil), Havai (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: Гава́йи (ru) pl (Gaváji)
• Slovak: Havaj m
• Spanish: Hawái (es)
• Swedish: Hawaii (sv)
• Tagalog: Hawai, Haway
• Thai: ฮาวาย (haa-waai)
• Vietnamese: đảo Hawaii, đảo Hạ Uy Di (dated)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: Хаваи (Khavai) pl, Хавайски острови (Khavajski ostrovi) pl
• Italian: le Hawaii f pl
• Korean: 하와이, (Hawai)

• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} Havajai (lt)
• Maltese: il-Ħawaj
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} Havayuäns (vo)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Hawaii

Further reading

• Hawaii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• Hawai

Proper noun

Hawaii m

1. Hawaii (island)
2. Hawaii (state)

Derived terms

• illes Hawaii (“Hawaiian Islands”)

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hawaii.

Proper noun

Hawaii (genitive Hawaiis)

1. Hawaii

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German

Alternative forms

• Hawaï
• Hawai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈvaɪ̯/ (normal)
• IPA^(key): /haˈvaːʔi/ (learned; very rare)

• Audio

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Proper noun

Hawaii n (genitive Hawaiis)

1. Hawaii (island)
2. Hawaii (state)

Derived terms

• Hawaii-Inseln
• Hawaiier
• Hawaiianer
• hawaiisch
• hawaiianisch

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Italian

Etymology

From English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈwai/, /a.ˈvai/
• Rhymes: -ai
• Hyphenation: Ha‧waii

Proper noun

Hawaii f pl (plural only)

1. Hawaii (US state)
2. Hawaii (island chain)

Derived terms

• hawaiano

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Hawaii

1. Hawaii

Derived terms

• hawaier
• hawaiisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Hawaii

1. Hawaii

Derived terms

• hawaiar
• hawaiisk