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Hawaiian

See also: Hawai'ian, Hawai`ian, and Hawaiʻian

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Hawaii +‎ -an

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /hə.ˈwaɪ.ən/, /hə.ˈwaɪ.jən/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adjective edit

Hawaiian (comparative more Hawaiian, superlative most Hawaiian)

  1. (of a person) Descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.
  2. Of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language.
  3. Of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii.
  4. Of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii.

Usage notes edit

  • (of a resident of Hawaii): This sense is disliked by some descendants of the pre-European Hawaiians.

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Translations edit

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Noun edit

Hawaiian (countable and uncountable, plural Hawaiians)

  1. (countable) A descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.
  2. (countable, nonstandard, proscribed) A native or resident of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.
  3. A pizza topped with ham and pineapple.
    • 2009, David Grace, Fever Dreams:
      "A plain tomato cheese, two Hawaiians and a Coke," I told Greg, finally earning me a brief smile. […] Darrell paused to tear off a bite of ham and pineapple.
    • 2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 117:
      Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease.

Usage notes edit

  • (a resident of Hawaii): This sense is avoided almost universally by residents of Hawaii and those familiar with residents of Hawaii. It is best avoided in all contexts. Use "Hawaii resident" instead for non-ethnic Hawaiians. Additionally, since 2016, according to the United States Government Publishing Office Style Manual, the term Hawaii resident must be used in all official government documents to refer to natives or residents of Hawaii.[1]

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Proper noun edit

Hawaiian

  1. The Hawaiian language.

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ United States Government Publishing Office (2016) “Chapter 5: Spelling”, in Style manual : an official guide to the form and style of federal government publications‎[1], Washington, DC, →ISBN, →LCCN, Nationalities, etc., page 95

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