1. (n.)Hawaii a state of the United States comprising the Hawaiian Islands in the N Pacific: a U.S. territory 1900–59; admitted to the Union 1959. 1,211,537; 6424 sq. mi. (16,638 sq. km).
2. Hawaii the largest island of Hawaii, in the SE part. 63,468; 4021 sq. mi. (10,415 sq. km).
Definition of 'hawaii'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)Hawaii, Hawai'i, Aloha State, HI a state in the United States in the centralPacific on the Hawaiian Islands
2. (noun)Hawaii, Hawaii Island the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks
Definition of 'hawaii'
U.S. National Library of Medicine
1. hawaii A group of islands in Polynesia, in the northcentralPacific Ocean, comprising eightmajor and 114 minor islands, largely volcanic and coral. Its capital is Honolulu. It was first reached by Polynesians about 500 A.D. It was discovered and named the Sandwich Islands in 1778 by CaptainCook. The islands were united under the rule of King Kamehameha 1795-1819 and requested annexation to the United States in 1893 when a provisional government was set up. Hawaii was established as a territory in 1900 and admitted as a state in 1959. The name is from the Polynesian Owhyhii, place of the gods, with reference to the two volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, regarded as the abode of the gods. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p493 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p2330)
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