Kauai

or Ka·u·a·'i

[ kou-ahy, kah-oo-ah-ee, kou-ahy ]

noun

1. an island in northwestern Hawaii. 511 sq. mi. (1,325 sq. km).

Kauai

/ kɑːˈwɑːiː /

noun

1. a volcanic island in NW Hawaii, northwest of Oahu. Chief town: Lihue. Pop (Kauai county): 60 747 (2003 est). Area (island): 1433 sq km (553 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kauai¹

First recorded in 1840–50; from Hawaiian, of uncertain meaning

Example Sentences

On the islands of Maui and Kauai, for example, county officials have approved just four seawall projects in total in the past 20 years.

From ProPublica

All travelers arriving into Kauai will still have to undergo a 14-day quarantine, regardless of whether they have a negative test.

From Washington Post

Software engineer Gil Tene and his wife, an intensive care unit doctor, bought a house in September in Hanalei, Kauai’s most desirable beach town of multimillion-dollar homes.

From Fortune

On Kauai and Oahu, mask mandates were instituted in April, while an August survey found that 96% of Hawaii residents are masking up.

From Time

Quite a few celebs have stayed with Pure Kauai to get in shape for a role.

From The Daily Beast

Or even on Kauai, I never knew what amazing creature they had flown over to be there on set with us.

From The Daily Beast

At one time there were considerable coffee areas in Maui and Kauai, but sugar cane eventually there took the place of coffee.

From Project Gutenberg

One of the spectres troubles a steep slope near Lihue, Kauai.

From Project Gutenberg

From these three sons sprang the governing families of Oahu and Kauai.

From Project Gutenberg

A third proposition by the queen was that the ruler of Kauai should wed her daughter and agree to a perpetual peace.

From Project Gutenberg

Kauai has four or five sugar-plantations, some of which are now successful, though they were not always so.

From Project Gutenberg