Etymology

Hawai`i

Hawaiian Hawaiʻi
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The story

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromHawaiʻi
  2. English todayHawai`i

From Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, with a backtick as a stand-in for the ʻokina.

Words from the same roots

HawaiianHawaiʻi all →

HawaiiOwyhee

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.