Havaí

Meaning

1. (masculine) Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (an archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, between North America and Oceania)
2. (masculine, specifically) Hawaii, Hawaii Island (an island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States)
3. (masculine) Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory)

Concepts

Hawaii

sandalwood

Aloha State

Hawai’i

HI

👋

Pearl Harbor

Hawaii Island

continental United States

Synonyms

Havai

Avaí

Ilha Havai

Ilha Havaí

Ilha havai

Ilha havaí

Translations

Hawaii

Hawaï

Hawái

Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaï

Χαβάη

هاواي

Hawai

Hawai

illes Hawaii

illes Hawai

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.vaˈi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi

In summary

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi (“Hawaii”), from Hawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.

Sentences

Minha mãe coletava conchas quando criança , e fez o mesmo quando visitamos o Havaí .

My mother collected shells as a child, and she did the same when we visited Hawaii.