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Hawaii.

An insular state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Honolulu.

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name/həˈwaɪ.i/Canada, UK/həˈwaɪ.i/US/həˈwɑ.i/US/həˈwɔ.i/US
  1. An insular state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Honolulu.

  2. An archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, between North America and Oceania.

  3. An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

    specifically
  4. A former kingdom in the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean.

    historical
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki Hawaiian Hawaiʻibor. English Hawaii Borrowed from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki (“traditional homeland”).

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