Standard Lemma guide

Hawaiian

adj · name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /həˈwaɪ.ən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪən
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AH0 W AY1 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to the Hawaiian race, culture, or language.

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or pertaining to the culture of the US state of Hawaii.

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4

adj

Meaning 4

Of or pertaining to a resident of the US state of Hawaii.

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5

name

Meaning 5

The Hawaiian language.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A native or resident of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, nonstandard, proscribed

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8

noun

Meaning 8

A pizza topped with ham and pineapple.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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9

adjective

Meaning 9

of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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10

noun

Meaning 10

the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

11

noun

Meaning 11

a native or resident of Hawaii

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: American

Narrower terms: Native Hawaiian

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki Hawaiian Hawaiʻibor. English Hawaii Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Hawaiian From Hawaii + -an.

Across languages

Translations

197 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: hawaià — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Chinook Jargon: kanaka — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Chinook Jargon: khanakha — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Chinook Jargon: wayhi — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Czech: havajský — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Danish: hawaiiansk — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Dutch: Hawaïaans — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Finnish: havaijilainen — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • French: hawaïen — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • French: hawaiien — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Irish: Haváíoch — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Marshallese: ri-Awai — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Polish: hawajski — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Portuguese: havaiano — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Russian: гава́йский (gavájskij) — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Spanish: hawaiano — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Tagalog: Hawayano — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Turkish: Hawaiili — descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact
  • Catalan: hawaià — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Dutch: Hawaïaans — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Esperanto: havaja — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Finnish: havaijilainen — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • French: hawaïen — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • French: hawaiien — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • German: hawaiisch — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Greek: χαβανέζικος (chavanézikos) — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Irish: Haváíoch — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Marshallese: Awai — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hawaiisk — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hawaiisk — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Polish: hawajski — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Portuguese: havaiano — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Russian: гава́йский (gavájskij) — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Spanish: hawaiano — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Swahili: -a Kihawai — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Tagalog: Hawayano — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Turkish: Hawaiili — of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
  • Catalan: hawaià — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • Dutch: Hawaïaans — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • Finnish: havaijilainen — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • French: hawaïen — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • French: hawaiien — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • Irish: Haváíoch — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • Marshallese: Awai — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • Polish: hawajski — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • Portuguese: havaiano — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • Russian: гава́йский (gavájskij) — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • Spanish: hawaiano — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • Tagalog: Hawayano — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • Turkish: Hawaiili — of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
  • Catalan: hawaià — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Dutch: Hawaïaans — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Finnish: havaijilainen — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • French: hawaïen — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • French: hawaiien — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Irish: Haváíoch — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Marshallese: ri-Awai — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Polish: hawajski — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Portuguese: havaiano — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Russian: гава́йский (gavájskij) — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Spanish: hawaiano — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Turkish: Hawaiili — of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Afrikaans: Hawais — Hawaiian language
  • Arabic: اللغة الهاوائية (al-luḡa l-hawayiya) — Hawaiian language
  • Armenian: հավայերեն (havayeren) — Hawaiian language
  • Armenian: հավաի (havai) — Hawaiian language
  • Basque: hawaiera — Hawaiian language
  • Basque: hawaiiera — Hawaiian language
  • Belarusian: гава́йская мова (havájskaja móva) — Hawaiian language
  • Belarusian: гава́йская (havájskaja) — Hawaiian language
  • Breton: hawaieg — Hawaiian language
  • Bulgarian: хавайски език (havajski ezik) — Hawaiian language
  • Bulgarian: хавайски (havajski) — Hawaiian language
  • Catalan: hawaià — Hawaiian language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 夏威夷文 — Hawaiian language
  • Wu Chinese: 夏威夷語 /夏威夷语 — Hawaiian language
  • Czech: havajština — Hawaiian language
  • Danish: hawaiiansk — Hawaiian language
  • Dutch: Hawaïaans — Hawaiian language
  • Esperanto: havaja lingvo — Hawaiian language
  • Estonian: havai keel — Hawaiian language
  • Faroese: hawaiianskt — Hawaiian language
  • Finnish: havaiji — Hawaiian language
  • Finnish: havaijin kieli — Hawaiian language
  • French: hawaïen — Hawaiian language
  • French: hawaiien — Hawaiian language
  • North Frisian: hawaiiansk — Hawaiian language
  • West-Frisian: Hawaïaansk — Hawaiian language
  • Galician: hawaiano — Hawaiian language
  • German: Hawaiianisch — Hawaiian language
  • German: Hawaiisch — Hawaiian language
  • Bavarian German: Hawaiisch — Hawaiian language
  • Greek: χαβανέζικα (chavanézika) — Hawaiian language
  • Hawaiian: ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi — Hawaiian language
  • Hebrew: הוואית (hawa'it) — Hawaiian language
  • Hindi: हवाईवी (havāīvī) — Hawaiian language
  • Hungarian: hawaii nyelv — Hawaiian language
  • Icelandic: hawaiíska — Hawaiian language
  • Ilocano: pagsasao a Hawayano — Hawaiian language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Hawaii — Hawaiian language
  • Irish: Haváis — Hawaiian language
  • Italian: hawaiano — Hawaiian language
  • Japanese: ハワイ語 (hawaigo) — Hawaiian language
  • Javanese: basa Hawaii — Hawaiian language
  • Korean: 하와이어 (hawaieo) — Hawaiian language
  • Northern Kurdish: hawaíyane — Hawaiian language
  • Latin: Havaiana — Hawaiian language
  • Latin: lingua havaiana — Hawaiian language
  • Latvian: havajiešu valoda — Hawaiian language
  • Ligurian: lengua hawaïann-a — Hawaiian language
  • Limburgish: Hawaiaans — Hawaiian language
  • Limburgish: Hawaïaans — Hawaiian language
  • Limburgish: Hawaiïaans — Hawaiian language
  • Lithuanian: havajiečių kalba — Hawaiian language
  • Lithuanian: havajiečių — Hawaiian language
  • Macedonian: хавајски јазик (havajski jazik) — Hawaiian language
  • Malay: bahasa Hawaii — Hawaiian language
  • Malayalam: ഹവായിയൻ (havāyiyaṉ) — Hawaiian language
  • Manx: Hawaiish — Hawaiian language
  • Nahuatl: hawaitlahtōlli — Hawaiian language
  • Nauruan: dorerin Hawaii — Hawaiian language
  • Navajo: Hawáai Dineʼé bizaad — Hawaiian language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hawaiisk — Hawaiian language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hawaiisk — Hawaiian language
  • Occitan: hawaiian — Hawaiian language
  • Persian: زبان هاوایی (zabân hâvâyi) — Hawaiian language
  • Polish: hawajski — Hawaiian language
  • Polish: język hawajski — Hawaiian language
  • Portuguese: havaiano — Hawaiian language
  • Punjabi: ہوائی بولی (hoā'ī bolī) — Hawaiian language
  • Quechua: Hawayi simi — Hawaiian language
  • Romanian: hawaiiană — Hawaiian language
  • Russian: гава́йский язы́к (gavájskij jazýk) — Hawaiian language
  • Russian: гава́йский (gavájskij) — Hawaiian language
  • Northern Sami: haváijagiella — Hawaiian language
  • Samoan: Fa'a Hawai'i — Hawaiian language
  • Scots: Hawaiian — Hawaiian language
  • Serbo-Croatian: havajski — Hawaiian language
  • Slovak: havajčina — Hawaiian language
  • Slovene: havajščina — Hawaiian language
  • Spanish: hawaiano — Hawaiian language
  • Swahili: Kihawai — Hawaiian language
  • Swedish: hawaiiska — Hawaiian language
  • Tagalog: Hawayano — Hawaiian language
  • Tamil: ஹவாய் மொழி (havāy moḻi) — Hawaiian language
  • Thai: ภาษาฮาวาย (phās̄ʹā ḥāwāy) — Hawaiian language
  • Tok Pisin: tok Hawai — Hawaiian language
  • Turkish: Hawaii dili — Hawaiian language
  • Ukrainian: гавайська мова (havajsʹka mova) — Hawaiian language
  • Ukrainian: гавайська (havajsʹka) — Hawaiian language
  • Uzbek: gavayi tili — Hawaiian language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Hawaii — Hawaiian language
  • Walloon: hawayin — Hawaiian language
  • Welsh: Hawäieg — Hawaiian language
  • Zulu: isiHawayi — Hawaiian language
  • Catalan: hawaià — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Catalan: hawaiana — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夏威夷人 (Xiàwēiyí rén) — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Danish: hawaiianer — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Finnish: havaijilainen — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • German: Hawaiier — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • German: Hawaiianer — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Greek: Χαβανέζος (Chavanézos) — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Greek: Χαβανέζα (Chavanéza) — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Irish: Haváíoch — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Marshallese: ri-Awai — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Navajo: Hawáai dineʼé — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Polish: Hawajczyk — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Polish: Hawajka — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Portuguese: havaiano — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Russian: гава́ец (gavájec) — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Russian: гава́йка (gavájka) — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Spanish: hawaiano — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Swahili: Mhawai — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Thai: ชาวฮาวาย — a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact
  • Catalan: hawaià — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Catalan: hawaiana — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夏威夷人 (Xiàwēiyí rén) — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Czech: Havajan — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Esperanto: havajano — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Finnish: havaijilainen — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • French: Hawaïen — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • French: Hawaïenne — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • French: Hawaiien — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • French: Hawaiienne — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Irish: Haváíoch — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Marshallese: ri-Awai — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Polish: Hawajczyk — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Polish: Hawajka — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Portuguese: havaiano — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Russian: гава́ец (gavájec) — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Russian: гава́йка (gavájka) — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Spanish: hawaiano — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Swahili: Mhawai — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
  • Thai: ถิ่นที่อยู่ฮาวาย — a resident of the US state of Hawaii
Real reading context

Hawaiian in complete knowledge articles