Hawaiʻi

See also: Hawaii, Hawai'i, and Hawai`i

English

Proper noun

Hawaiʻi

(chiefly Hawaii) Alternative spelling of Hawaii

Usage notes

The ʻokina (ʻ) — in standard English typography represented with the straight apostrophe (') — indicates a glottal stop in Hawaiian and Hawaiian English.

Derived terms

Hawaiʻian

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haˈvaj.ʔi/, [həˈʋɐjʔi]

(rapid speech) IPA^(key): [həˈʋɛjʔi]

Proper noun

Hawaiʻi

Proper official spelling of the name of the Hawaiian Islands, the largest of those islands, and the U.S. state they form.
Hawaiian (person)

Descendants

→ English: Hawaii

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