Hawaii
pronunciation
How to pronounce Hawaii in British English:
UK [hə'wɑ:i:]
How to pronounce Hawaii in American English:
US [hə'wɑi]
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- Noun:
- a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
- the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks
Word Origin
- Hawaii
- from Hawaiian Hawai'i, from Proto-Polynesian *hawaiki. Said to mean "Place of the Gods" and be a reference to Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. See also sandwich. Related: Hawaiian (1825). First record of Hawaiian shirt is from 1943.
Example
- 1. They can also be found in florida and hawaii .
- 2. Are the russians going to grab hawaii ?
- 3. Hawaii created three new income tax brackets .
- 4. Travel is even more important to hawaii .
- 5. We talked about going to hawaii .