Hawaiʻian

A form of Hawaiian — Descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.

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Meanings

adjectiveHawaiʻian (comparative more Hawaiʻian, superlative most Hawaiʻian)

comparative more Hawaiʻian · superlative most Hawaiʻian

  1. HawaiialternativeAlternative form of Hawaiian.
nounHawaiʻian (plural Hawaiʻians)

plural Hawaiʻians

  1. HawaiialternativeAlternative form of Hawaiian.

    Today Molokaʻi is often called the Friendly Isle, possibly due to the fact that the largest population of Native Hawaiians live there. Historically, Molokaʻi has been a place for the spiritual leaders of the Hawaiʻian culture to gather.

    2007, Jake Goldberg, Joyce Hart, “Geography: The Island State”, in Hawaiʻi (Juvenile Literature), Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 19

Origin

From Hawaiʻi + -an.

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APA

Hawaiʻian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hawai%CA%BBian

MLA

“Hawaiʻian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hawai%CA%BBian. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hawaiʻian,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hawai%CA%BBian.

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