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Hawaiian Pidgin

Hawaiian Pidgin proper noun: a creole language based in part on English used by most "local" residents of Hawaii.

Proper noun

Hawaiian Pidgin

  1. A creole language based in part on English used by most "local" residents of Hawaii.
    • The results revealed a number of Pidgin and Hawaiian Pidgin speakers. Both were added to the census list that included over 100 languages, representative of the islands diversity.2015 November 12, Bu Kerry Chan Laddaran, “Pidgin English now an official language of Hawaii”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    Hawaiian Creole English, Hawaii Creole English, Hawaiian Creole, Hawaiian Pidgin English, Hawaii Pidgin English, HCE
  2. Any pidgin language based on Hawaiian, especially used in the second half of the 19th century and the earliest 20th century.
    Synonyms:
    pidgin Hawaiian

Synonyms of Hawaiian Pidgin

  • Hawaiian Creole English
  • Hawaii Creole English
  • Hawaiian Creole
  • Hawaiian Pidgin English
  • Hawaii Pidgin English
  • HCE
  • pidgin Hawaiian

Questions about Hawaiian Pidgin

What does Hawaiian Pidgin mean?
Hawaiian Pidgin means a creole language based in part on English used by most "local" residents of Hawaii.
What part of speech is Hawaiian Pidgin?
Hawaiian Pidgin is a proper noun.

Words near Hawaiian Pidgin in the dictionary

  1. Hawaiian Kingdom
  2. Hawaiian monk seal
  3. Hawaiian monk seals
  4. Hawaiian peridot
  5. Hawaiian peridots
  6. Hawaiian Pidgin
  7. Hawaiian pizza
  8. Hawaiian pizzas
  9. Hawaiian roll
  10. Hawaiian rolls
  11. Hawaiian seahorse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hawaiian Pidgin (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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