Havaí

See also: Havai

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːvaiː/

Proper noun

Havaí n (indeclinable)

1. Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

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, Hawaiian Islands (an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, between North America and Oceania)
2. (specifically) Hawaii, Hawaii Island (an island in Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States)
3. Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• havaiana
• havaiano