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Hawaiians

Hawaiians is the plural of Hawaiian.

Meaning of Hawaiian

Noun

Hawaiian (countable and uncountable, plural Hawaiians)

  1. (countable) A descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.
    • He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.2007 May 27, Douglas Martin, “Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76”, in The New York Times
  2. (countable, nonstandard, proscribed) A native or resident of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.
  3. A pizza topped with ham and pineapple.
    • "A plain tomato cheese, two Hawaiians and a Coke," I told Greg, finally earning me a brief smile. […] Darrell paused to tear off a bite of ham and pineapple.2009, David Grace, Fever Dreams

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Phrases with Hawaiians

Questions about Hawaiians

What is Hawaiians the plural of?
Hawaiians is the plural of Hawaiian.

Words near Hawaiians in the dictionary

  1. Hawaiianize
  2. Hawaiianized
  3. Hawaiianizes
  4. Hawaiianizing
  5. Hawaiianness
  6. Hawaiians
  7. Hawaiiian
  8. Hawaiiians
  9. Hawaiis
  10. hawaiite
  11. hawaiites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hawaiians (page history and authors); Hawaiian (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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