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Hawaii

Hawaii

14 1.0
The largest and southernmost island in the island group with tall volcanoes
  • proper noun
  • /həˈwaɪi/
translation icon : isla de Hawái
  • We visited the big island of Hawaii in September, where we glimpsed the fury of a live volcano.
  • the island of Hawaii
  • the Big Island of Hawaii
  • Mauna Kea in Hawaii

We were doing some house building on the Big Island of Hawaii.

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Examples

  • The largest landmasses lie to the southeast, with the big island of Hawaii still growing with each new volcanic eruption.

    Academic text (1995)

  • And the way that Hawaii was created is volcanoes, right?

  • It's just so cool that the Big Island here in Hawaii just provides so much.

  • Which island of Hawaii do you want our house to be on?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Friends and I will be on the Big Island in Hawaii for 9 days soon.

    Blog text (10)

  • Mother Nature put on a show yesterday... as Hawaii's Mount Kilauea erupted.

    Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)

  • Photo (color): Mature rainbow papaya trees on the Island of Hawaii, where 80 percent of the state's papayas are grown.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The Big Island of Hawaii features several active volcanoes that attract tourists.

  • Mother Nature put on a show yesterday... as Hawaii's Mount Kilauea erupted.

  • As their prize, the entire team did get to fly to Hawaii to visit a real volcano.

Synonyms

Hawaii Island
vsHawaii
2.1

An island in Hawaii that is the largest and known for volcanoes and black sand beaches

has identical meaning but lacks the added common nickname

Compounds

Hawaii Island
2.1

An island in Hawaii that is the largest and known for volcanoes and black sand beaches

Hawaii Standard Time
  • US
3.5

Time used in Hawaii and nearby islands that is ten hours behind UTC

Hawaii Time
  • US
2.5

The clock time people use in Hawaii and some nearby islands

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
3.2

A national park in Hawaii with active volcanoes and many different plants and animals

Surface Forms

Hawaii main

Etymology

Hawaii for the largest island also comes from the same old Polynesian word Hawaiki, meaning 'homeland'. So calling the island Hawaii is like calling it the 'home' or origin land of the people who lived there.