Hawaiian
adjective
of or relating to Hawaii or the Hawaiian Islands.
Hawaiians
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pluralof Hawaiian.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders had the highest rate of homelessness: 99.9 people per 10,000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The lack of stigma among the Hawaiians, we learn, is cause for colonial concern: Father Damien’s death becomes a local scandal, and provokes a moral panic among the American businessmen who had bought Hawaiian land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"They underscore why it is so important to move beyond treating Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders as a single population."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Many Hawaiians have heeded official advice to leave coastal areas, after a powerful earthquake thousands of miles away near Russia prompted a tsunami warning in the US state and other parts of the Pacific.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
Instead of standard English, everyone spoke Hawaiian Pidgin, a language mash-up created by Hawaiians and early Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and American immigrants.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
