Hawaï

See also: Hawai, Hawaí, Hawái, and Ḥawai

Dutch

Hawaii's location

Etymology

Ultimately from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Hawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Hawaï n

1. Hawaii (a state of the United States)

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Hawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.wa.i/, /a.waj/

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• Rhymes: -aj

Proper noun

Hawaï f

1. Hawaii (a state of the United States)
2. Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean)
3. Hawaii (an island in the Hawaiian Islands)

Derived terms

• hawaïen
• Hawaïen

Further reading

• Hawaï on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr