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

• enPR: həwīʹē, IPA^(key): /həˈwaɪ.i/
• 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]
  • 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, (obsolete) Sandwich Islands

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

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

   Synonym: (informal) Big Island

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 (haa⁶ wai¹ ji⁴)

  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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kannada: ಹವಾಯಿ (havāyi)
• Korean: 하와이 (Hawai)
• Latin: Havaii, Civitas Havaiorum
• Latvian: Havajas f pl
• Macedonian: Хава́и 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 kġziner)
• Catalan: illes Hawaii f pl, illes Hawai f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夏威夷 (zh) (Xiàwēiyí), 夏威夷群島／夏威夷群岛 (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) (havāī)
• Irish: Oileáin Haváí m pl
• Italian: Hawaii (it) f pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ハワイ諸島 (Hawai-shotō), 布哇 (Hawai)
• Latvian: Havaju salas f pl
• Macedonian: Хава́и 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ハワイ島 (Hawai-tō), 布哇 (Hawai)
• Macedonian: Хава́и 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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Bulgarian: Хаваи (Khavai) pl, Хавайски острови (Khavajski ostrovi) pl
• (deprecated template usage) Italian: le Hawaii f pl
• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 하와이, (Hawai)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} Havajai (lt)
• (deprecated template usage) Maltese: il-Ħawaj
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} Havayuäns (vo)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Hawaii

Further reading

• Hawaii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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