Etymology

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Today it means: A great frigatebird (Fregata minor). Full definition →

Hawaiian ʻiwa
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The story

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromʻiwa“frigatebird”
  2. English todayiwa

From Hawaiian ʻiwa (“frigatebird”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.