Etymology

Maui

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Today it means: The second-largest island of Hawaii. Full definition →

Hawaiian Maui ← Māori Māui
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The story

  1. Māori · borrowed fromMāui
  2. Hawaiian · borrowed fromMaui
  3. English todayMaui

From Hawaiian Maui, probably a contraction of Māui (a Hawaiian trickster god); or borrowed from Māori Māui.

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