Definition of hawaii Hawaii
/hʌwajˈiˌ/ - [huwayee] - Ha•wai•i
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| hawaii - a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands | ||
| Hawai'i, Aloha State, HI | ||
| the states, u.s.a., united states of america, us, america, u.s., united states, usa North America and South America and Central America | ||
| hawaiian islands, sandwich islands a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific | ||
| haleakala national park a national park in Hawaii including a dormant volcano | ||
| hawaii volcanoes national park a national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes | ||
| hilo a town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii | ||
| hawaii - the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks | ||
| Hawaii Island | ||
| hawaiian islands, sandwich islands a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific | ||
| hilo a town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii | ||
| mauna kea an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands | ||
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The 50th state of the United States of America, located in the Pacific Ocean.
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An island in the North Pacific Ocean, the most eastern, and by far the largest of the Sandwich Islands. It was on this island that the celebrated Capt. Cook fell a sacrifice to a misunderstanding, or sudden impulse of revenge on the part of the natives, on Sunday, February 14, 1779.
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Hawaii is a U.S. state of the United States. It is the last state to join the United States. Hawaii became a state on August 21, 1959. It is the only state made only of islands. Hawaii is also the name of the largest island. The capital and largest city of Hawaii is Honolulu on the island named Oahu.
Hawaii is known as the "Aloha State". "Aloha" is a Hawaiian word that has many meanings like welcome, hello and goodbye. Aloha also means love and care. The different meanings are brought together in the term "Aloha Spirit" to describe the friendly people of Hawaii.
The state flower is the yellow hibiscus ("Hibiscus brackenridgei" or ma'o hau hele). The state bird is the Hawaiian goose (nene). The state fish is the reef triggerfish, also called the "humu humu nuku nuku apua'a". The state tree is the candlenut, also called "kukui". The state song is Hawaii Ponoi. The state motto is "Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono". In English it says, "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness".
The first people of Hawaii were Polynesians. They came to the islands sometime between 200 and 600 AD. Captain James Cook is given credit for discovering the islands for the Europeans in 1778. Others may have been there before him. Captain Cook named the islands the Sandwich Islands for the fourth Earl of Sandwich, John Montague.
Kamehameha I was the first king of Hawaii. He united the separate small Hawaiian kingdoms into one large kingdom in 1795. In 1893, American soldiers stopped Queen Lil -
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The Island of Hawai'i is the largest of the U.S. Hawaiian Islands, and the southern. The island is built from seven separate shield volcanoes that erupted more or less one at a time, one partly covering the other. The later volcanoes mostly buried two of the earlier ones. These are (from oldest to youngest): Kohala (extinct), Ninole (extinct, mostly buried), Mauna Kea (extinct or dormant?), Hualalai (dormant), Mauna Loa (active), Kulani (extinct, mostly buried), and Kilauea (very active).
The largest city on the island is Hilo. It is on the rainy east side of the island. The city of Kailua-Kona is on the dry west side of Hawaii, and is popular with tourists.
Called locally the "Big Island," its area is 4,038 sq. miles (10 458 square kilometers). The widest part of the island is 93 miles (150 km) across.
The Big Island makes up more than half (~62%) of the total land area of the State of Hawaii and is governed under the County of Hawaii.
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