Hawai'i

Examples

• All

• More than half of the students in rural areas of Alaska, Hawai'i, and New Mexico are non-white.

  Academic text (2005)

• A new idea blossomed in 1984 at a scientific conference held in Kailua Kona, Hawai'i.

  Academic text (2003)

• Tomorrow just may prove to be one of the most significant days in Hawai'i's history.

  Academic text (1992)

• During its territorial years, Hawai'i's schools were comparable to those in the rest of the country.

  Academic text (1995)

• Ideas from the continental United States came to Hawai'i, and they were adapted to the local, multiethnic island environment.

  Academic text (1995)

• Seeking better economic opportunities, they responded favorably to the call for workers for Hawai'i's growing industry.

  Academic text (1995)

• One such group is Native Hawaiians, a group indigenous to the islands of Hawai'i.

  Academic text (2008)

• Their children, the Nisei, grew up while Hawai'i was an American territory (1898 to 1958).

  Academic text (1995)

• In 1920, the Russell Sage Foundation ranked Hawai'i's system twenty-third among the fifty-three states and territories in the country.

  Academic text (1995)

• I spent my vacation exploring the beautiful landscapes of Hawai'i.

Synonyms

H

Hawaii

vsHawai'i

569 1.0

A state of the United States made of islands in the central Pacific

is the same state but written with a glottal stop apostrophe

H

Hawaiian Islands

vsHawai'i

1 2.9

A group of islands in the central Pacific Ocean that form the US state of Hawaii

includes the same political entity that contains those islands

S

Sandwich Islands

vsHawai'i

• Literature

7.7

A former name for the Hawaiian Islands

is the current official name rather than the older historical term

A

Aloha State

vsHawai'i

3.2

Another name for the US state of Hawaii that people use because of its warm culture and beaches

is the formal official name, not an informal or playful label

Compounds

H

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

3.7

A national park on the island of Hawaii with active volcanoes like Kīlauea and Mauna Loa

Surface Forms

Etymology