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hawaii
/həˈwaɪ.i/
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What does hawaii mean?
proper noun
- An insular state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Honolulu.
- An archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, between North America and Oceania.
- An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
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proper noun
- (historical) A former kingdom in the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean.
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IPA pronunciation
/həˈwaɪ.i/
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In Hawaii, the term "male parent" "applied equally to the father, to the uncles, and even to distant relations."
Ah, how brightly its ripples danced in the glittering sunshine, and how musically its waters murmured like the streams of windward Hawaii!
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Our national government, in making laws for Hawaii, has carefully provided for white supremacy by an educational qualification for suffrage that excludes the semi-civilized natives.
In the morning, when I went on the platform, I saw two miles to windward, Hawaii, the largest of the seven islands that form the group.