Etymology

ʻāina

Today it means: land in a Hawaiian cultural context. Full definition →

Hawaiian ʻāina ← Proto-Polynesian *kaaiŋa
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The story

  1. Proto-Polynesian*kaaiŋa
  2. Hawaiianʻāina
  3. English todayʻāina

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻāina. Doublet of kainga.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.