Etymology

Owyhee

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Today it means: A census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States. Full definition →

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The story

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromHawaiʻi
  2. English todayOwyhee

An older alternative spelling of Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.