Hawaii
English
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki (“traditional homeland”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (UK, Canada) 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]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪi
- Hyphenation: Ha‧waii
Proper noun
editHawaii
- An insular state in the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Honolulu.
- Synonyms: Aloha State, Hawaii State, State of Hawaii
- 2007, Joe Biden, “Jill”, in Promises to Keep[1], New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 111:
- I've learned a lot by watching my Democratic colleague from Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye. He’s a man of uncommon decency. I’ve never seen him demand political loyalty because of party or friendship, and I’ve never known him to go back on his word.
- An archipelago in the Pacific Ocean between North America and Oceania.
- Synonyms: Hawaiian Islands, Islands of Hawaii, (obsolete) Sandwich Islands
- Hyponyms: Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Niihau, Kahoolawe
- (specifically) An island in Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
- Synonyms: (informal) Big Island, Hawaii Island, Island of Hawaii
- (historical) A former kingdom in the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean
- Synonyms: Kingdom of Hawaii, Hawaii Kingdom, Hawaiian Kingdom
Usage notes
editThe standard spelling in the islands is Hawaiʻi, where the ʻ indicates a glottal stop or phonemic glide. However, Hawaii is the official spelling used in the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
Holonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editstate of the United States
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chain of islands
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largest of the Hawaiian Islands
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kingdom
- 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
See also
edit| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
editFurther reading
editCatalan
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editHawaii m
- Hawaii (an island)
- Hawaii (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
edit- illes Hawaii (“Hawaiian Islands”)
Danish
editEtymology
editProper noun
editHawaii (genitive Hawaiis)
- Hawaii (an island)
- Hawaii (a state of the United States)
German
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editHawaii n (proper noun, genitive Hawaiis or (optionally with an article) Hawaii)
- Hawaii (an island)
- Hawaii (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
editHungarian
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Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHawaii
- Hawaii (an island)
- Synonym: Hawaii-szigetek
- Hawaii (a state of the United States)
Declension
edit| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Hawaii | — |
| accusative | Hawaiit | — |
| dative | Hawaiinak | — |
| instrumental | Hawaiival | — |
| causal-final | Hawaiiért | — |
| translative | Hawaiivá | — |
| terminative | Hawaiiig | — |
| essive-formal | Hawaiiként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Hawaiiban | — |
| superessive | Hawaiin | — |
| adessive | Hawaiinál | — |
| illative | Hawaiiba | — |
| sublative | Hawaiira | — |
| allative | Hawaiihoz | — |
| elative | Hawaiiból | — |
| delative | Hawaiiról | — |
| ablative | Hawaiitól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Hawaiié | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Hawaiiéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Hawaii | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Hawaiim | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Hawaiid | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Hawaiija | — |
| 1st person plural | Hawaiink | — |
| 2nd person plural | Hawaiitok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Hawaiijuk | — |
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHawaii f pl (plural only)
- Hawaii (an island)
- Hawaii (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
editNorwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editHawaii
- Hawaii (an island)
- Hawaii (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editHawaii
- Hawaii (an island)
- Hawaii (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
editSwedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.
Noun
editHawaii c
- Hawaii (an island)
- Hawaii (a state of the United States)
- Hawaiian pizza
Turkish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHawaii
- Hawaii (an island)
- Hawaii (a state of the United States)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/aɪi
- Rhymes:English/aɪi/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Places in the United States
- English terms with quotations
- en:Islands
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Historical polities
- en:Hawaii, USA
- Catalan terms derived from Hawaiian
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan terms spelled with W
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Islands
- ca:Hawaii, USA
- ca:States of the United States
- ca:Places in the United States
- Danish terms derived from Hawaiian
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Danish terms borrowed from English
- Danish terms derived from English
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with W
- da:Islands
- da:Hawaii, USA
- da:States of the United States
- da:Places in the United States
- German terms derived from Hawaiian
- German terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Islands
- de:Hawaii, USA
- de:States of the United States
- de:Places in the United States
- Hungarian terms derived from Hawaiian
- Hungarian terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ji
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ji/3 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Islands
- hu:Hawaii, USA
- hu:States of the United States
- hu:Places in the United States
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian terms derived from Hawaiian
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/aj
- Rhymes:Italian/aj/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian terms spelled with W
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian pluralia tantum
- it:Islands
- it:Hawaii, USA
- it:States of the United States
- it:Places in the United States
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Hawaiian
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with W
- nb:Islands
- nb:Hawaii, USA
- nb:States of the United States
- nb:Places in the United States
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Hawaiian
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with W
- nn:Islands
- nn:Hawaii, USA
- nn:States of the United States
- nn:Places in the United States
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Swedish terms borrowed from English
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish terms derived from Hawaiian
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish terms spelled with W
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Islands
- sv:Hawaii, USA
- sv:States of the United States
- sv:Places in the United States
- sv:Pizza
- Turkish terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Turkish terms borrowed from English
- Turkish terms derived from English
- Turkish terms derived from Hawaiian
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- Turkish terms spelled with W
- tr:Islands
- tr:Hawaii, USA
- tr:States of the United States
- tr:Places in the United States