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Hawai`i

Hawai`i is the alternative spelling of Hawaii.

Meaning of Hawaii

Proper noun

Hawaii

  1. An insular state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Honolulu.
    • 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.2007, Joe Biden, “Jill”, in Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 111
  2. An archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, between North America and Oceania.
  3. (specifically) An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
  4. (historical) A former kingdom in the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean.

Origin of Hawai`i

From Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, with a backtick as a stand-in for the ʻokina.

Questions about Hawai`i

What is Hawai`i the alternative spelling of?
Hawai`i is the alternative spelling of Hawaii.

Words near Hawai`i in the dictionary

  1. Haw.
  2. Hawai'i
  3. Hawai'i Island
  4. Hawai'ian
  5. Hawai'ians
  6. Hawai`i
  7. Hawaian
  8. Hawaians
  9. Hawaibam
  10. Hawaii
  11. Hawaii burger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hawai`i (page history and authors); Hawaii (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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