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12/30/2014, 8:16 AM Fanny
8/8/2014, 9:15 AM Fanny

Name Hawaii
Type Island
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Name of a state in the United States, of uncertain origin. Theories from Proto-Polynesian hawaiki which possibly means place of the gods" or from Proto-Polynesian sawaiki "homeland", or possibly named for Hawaiʻiloa, legendary discoverer of the Hawaiian islands.
Added 8/8/2014 by Fanny