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Hawaiian

[ huh-wahy-uhn, -wah-yuhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Hawaii or the Hawaiian Islands.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Hawaii or the Hawaiian Islands.
  2. the aboriginal language of Hawaii, a Polynesian language.

Hawaiian

/ həˈwaɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Hawaii, its people, or their language
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Hawaii, esp one descended from Melanesian or Tahitian immigrants
  2. a language of Hawaii belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hawaiian1

First recorded in 1815–25; Hawaii + -an
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Example Sentences

Is this script the unproduced Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian that was circulating some time ago?

When he asked what it meant, he was told that wiki was the Hawaiian word for quick, and wiki wiki meant superquick.

Big Kahuna Burger is a fictional chain of Hawaiian-themed fast food burger joints out in Los Angeles dreamed up by Tarantino.

One afternoon at 5:30 p.m., we sit in the dining room as Doug briefs the staff about the evening special: Hawaiian pink snapper.

Currently Cherokee, Hawaiian, Inuktitut, Inupiaq, Kalaallisut, and Navajo are supported.

Hats are produced from it in the Pacific Islands, those from the Hawaiian group being especially well known.

We got to go to the Hawaiian Garden now, because it's the only place that's free!

The noted Hawaiian band was there playing welcome, as it often does to incoming steamship companies.

From my grandfather's library I dug up a book on the Hawaiian Islands, written by some missionary.

A third plan of action was to take advantage of the popularity of the Hawaiian letters, and deliver a lecture on the same subject.

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