Hawaiian

comparative more Hawaiian · superlative most Hawaiian · alternative Hawaiʻian · alternative Hawai'ian · alternative rare Hawaian · alternative rare Hawaiiian

1. Descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.
2. Of or pertaining to the Hawaiian race, culture, or language.
3. Of or pertaining to the culture of the US state of Hawaii.
4. Of or pertaining to a resident of the US state of Hawaii.

plural Hawaiians · alternative Hawaiʻian · alternative Hawai'ian · alternative rare Hawaian · alternative rare Hawaiiian

1. countableA descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.

   He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.

   2007 May 27, Douglas Martin, “Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76”, in The New York Times

2. countablenonstandardproscribedA native or resident of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.
3. countableuncountableA pizza topped with ham and pineapple.

   "A plain tomato cheese, two Hawaiians and a Coke," I told Greg, finally earning me a brief smile. […] Darrell paused to tear off a bite of ham and pineapple.

   2009, David Grace, Fever Dreams

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   Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease.

   2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 117

alternative Hawaiʻian · alternative Hawai'ian · alternative rare Hawaian · alternative rare Hawaiiian

1. The Hawaiian language.