Hawaiian

hawaiian Hawai'ian Hawaiʻian English Alternative forms en Hawaiʻian Hawai'ian en Hawaian Hawaiiian rare Etymology en :af Hawaii -an + 1 Pronunciation en /həˈwaɪ.ən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hawaiian.wav Southern England en aɪən 3 Adjective en of a person Descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact. Of or pertaining to the Hawaiian race, culture, or language. Of or pertaining to the culture of the US state of Hawaii. Of or pertaining to a resident of the US state of Hawaii. Usage notes of a resident of Hawaii This sense is not preferred by some descendants of the pre-European Hawaiians. Derived terms en Hawaiian blue eyes Hawaiian coot Hawaiian crow Hawaiian duck Hawaiian gold coral Hawaiian guitar Hawaiianize Hawaiian Kingdom Hawaiianness Hawaiian peridot Hawaiian seahorse Hawaiian shirt Hawaiian sling Hawaiian steak Hawaiian wedding flower Jawaiian Native Hawaiian Neo-Hawaiian Translations descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact Catalan: ca hawaià Chinook Jargon: chn kanaka, chn kʰanakʰa, chn wayhi Czech: cs havajský Danish: da hawaiiansk Dutch: nl Hawaïaans Finnish: fi havaijilainen French: fr hawaïen, fr hawaiien Hawaiian: haw ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Irish: ga Haváíoch Marshallese: mh ri-Awai Polish: pl hawajski Portuguese: pt havaiano Russian: ru гава́йский Spanish: es hawaiano Tagalog: tl Hawayano Turkish: tr Hawaiili of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language Catalan: ca hawaià Dutch: nl Hawaïaans Esperanto: eo havaja Finnish: fi havaijilainen French: fr hawaïen, fr hawaiien German: de hawaiisch Greek: el χαβανέζικος Irish: ga Haváíoch Marshallese: mh Awai Norwegian: Bokmål: nb hawaiisk Nynorsk: nn hawaiisk Polish: pl hawajski Portuguese: pt havaiano Russian: ru гава́йский Spanish: es hawaiano Swahili: sw -a Kihawai Tagalog: tl Hawayano Turkish: tr Hawaiili of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii Catalan: ca hawaià Dutch: nl Hawaïaans Finnish: fi havaijilainen French: fr hawaïen, fr hawaiien Irish: ga Haváíoch Marshallese: mh Awai Polish: pl hawajski Portuguese: pt havaiano Russian: ru гава́йский Spanish: es hawaiano Tagalog: tl Hawayano Turkish: tr Hawaiili of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii Catalan: ca hawaià Dutch: nl Hawaïaans Finnish: fi havaijilainen French: fr hawaïen, fr hawaiien Irish: ga Haváíoch Marshallese: mh ri-Awai Polish: pl hawajski Portuguese: pt havaiano Russian: ru гава́йский Spanish: es hawaiano Turkish: tr Hawaiili German: de hawaiianisch Noun +s ~ en countable A descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact. en 27-05-2007 Douglas Martin Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76 w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/us/27kapahulehua.html He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain. https://web.archive.org/web/20231210194914/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/us/27kapahulehua.html 10 December 2023 en countable nonstandard proscribed A native or resident of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America. A pizza topped with ham and pineapple. en 2009 David Grace Fever Dreams "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. en 2010 Michael Jayfox; E. Chas McSween; Intravenus DeMilo; Enron Hubbard; Hunter McKenzie-Smythe; Flash Johnson Things Bogans Like Hachette Sydney 117 Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease. Usage notes a resident of Hawaii This sense is avoided almost universally by residents of Hawaii and those familiar with residents of Hawaii. It is best avoided in all contexts. Use "Hawaii resident" instead for non-ethnic Hawaiians. Additionally, since 2016, according to the United States Government Publishing Office Style Manual, the term en Hawaii resident must be used in all official government documents to refer to natives or residents of Hawaii.https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016.pdf 95 Chapter 5: Spelling Nationalities, etc. 2016 2016055634 9780160936012 United States Government Publishing Office Style manual : an official guide to the form and style of federal government publications Washington, DC United States Government Publishing Officehttps://www.khon2.com/local-news/what-is-the-difference-between-a-hawaiian-hawaii-resident-and-an-american-citizen/ What is the difference between a Hawaiian, Hawai’i resident and an American Citizen? Parkhomchuk, Mariya September 13, 2021 KHON-TV https://web.archive.org/web/20250923105354/https://www.khon2.com/local-news/what-is-the-difference-between-a-hawaiian-hawaii-resident-and-an-american-citizen/ 23 September 2025 Hypernyms en American Translations a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact Catalan: ca hawaià m, ca hawaiana f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 夏威夷人 Xiàwēiyí rén Danish: da hawaiianer c Finnish: fi havaijilainen German: de Hawaiier m, de Hawaiianer m Greek: el Χαβανέζος m, el Χαβανέζα f Hawaiian: haw Hawaiʻi Irish: ga Haváíoch m Marshallese: mh ri-Awai Navajo: nv Hawáai dineʼé Polish: pl Hawajczyk m-pr, pl Hawajka f Portuguese: pt havaiano m Russian: ru гава́ец m, ru гава́йка f Spanish: es hawaiano m Swahili: sw Mhawai Thai: th ชาวฮาวาย a resident of the US state of Hawaii Catalan: ca hawaià m, ca hawaiana f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 夏威夷人 Xiàwēiyí rén Czech: cs Havajan m Esperanto: eo havajano Finnish: fi havaijilainen French: fr Hawaïen m, fr Hawaïenne f, fr Hawaiien m, fr Hawaiienne f Irish: ga Haváíoch m Marshallese: mh ri-Awai Polish: pl Hawajczyk m-pr, pl Hawajka f Portuguese: pt havaiano m Russian: ru гава́ец m, ru гава́йка f Spanish: es hawaiano m Swahili: sw Mhawai Thai: th ถิ่นที่อยู่ฮาวาย a pizza Hawaiian pizza Proper noun + language The Hawaiian language. Abbreviations 1 haw Translations Hawaiian language Afrikaans: af Hawais Arabic: ar اللغة الهاوائية f al-luḡa l-hawayiya Armenian: hy հավայերեն, hy հավաի Basque: eu hawaiera, eu hawaiiera Belarusian: be гава́йская мова f, be гава́йская f Breton: br hawaieg m Bulgarian: bg хавайски език m, bg хавайски m Catalan: ca hawaià m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 夏威夷文 Mandarin: cmn 夏威夷语 Xiàwēiyí yǔ Wu: wuu 夏威夷語 Czech: cs havajština f Danish: da hawaiiansk n Dutch: nl Hawaïaans n Esperanto: eo havaja lingvo Estonian: et havai keel Faroese: fo hawaiianskt Finnish: fi havaiji, fi havaijin kieli French: fr hawaïen m, fr hawaiien m Frisian: North Frisian: frr hawaiiansk West Frisian: fy Hawaïaansk n Galician: gl hawaiano m German: de Hawaiianisch n, de Hawaiisch n Bavarian: bar Hawaiisch n Greek: el χαβανέζικα f-p Hawaiian: haw ʻōlelo Hawai‘i Hebrew: he הוואית f hawa'it Hindi: hi हवाईवी f Hungarian: hu hawaii nyelv Icelandic: is hawaiíska f Ilocano: ilo pagsasao a Hawayano Indonesian: id bahasa Hawaii Irish: ga Haváis f Italian: it hawaiano Japanese: ja ハワイ語 hawaigo Javanese: jv basa Hawaii Korean: ko 하와이어 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr hawaíyane Latin: la Havaiana f, la lingua havaiana f Latvian: lv havajiešu valoda f Ligurian: lij lengua hawaïann-a f Limburgish: li Hawaiaans, li Hawaïaans, li Hawaiïaans Lithuanian: lt havajiečių kalba f, lt havajiečių f Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Hawaïaans n Macedonian: mk хавајски јазик m Malay: ms bahasa Hawaii Malayalam: ml ഹവായിയൻ Manx: gv Hawaiish Nahuatl: nah hawaitlahtōlli Nauruan: na dorerin Hawaii Navajo: nv Hawáai Dineʼé bizaad Norwegian: Bokmål: nb hawaiisk m Nynorsk: nn hawaiisk m Occitan: oc hawaiian Persian: fa زبان هاوایی zabân hâvâyi Polish: pl hawajski m-in, pl język hawajski m Portuguese: pt havaiano m Punjabi: Western Punjabi: pnb ہوائی بولی Quechua: qu Hawayi simi Romanian: ro hawaiiană f Russian: ru гава́йский язы́к m, ru гава́йский m Sami: Northern Sami: se гавайский язык haváijagiella Samoan: sm Fa'a Hawai'i Scots: sco Hawaiian Serbo-Croatian: sh havajski m Slovak: sk havajčina f Slovene: sl havajščina f Spanish: es hawaiano m Swahili: sw Kihawai Swedish: sv hawaiiska Tagalog: tl Hawayano Tamil: ta ஹவாய் மொழி Thai: th ภาษาฮาวาย phās̄ʹā ḥāwāy Tok Pisin: tpi tok Hawai Turkish: tr Hawaii dili Ukrainian: uk гавайська мова f, uk гавайська f Uzbek: uz gavayi tili Vietnamese: vi tiếng Hawaii Walloon: wa hawayin Welsh: cy Hawäieg Zulu: zu isiHawayi See also haw References Further reading haw en proper adjectives en Hawaii, USA Demonyms American demonyms Languages