HAWAII

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hawaii mean? 

• HAWAII (noun)
  The noun HAWAII has 2 senses:

1. a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands

2. the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks

  Familiarity information: HAWAII used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAWAII (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Aloha State; Haw.; Hawai'i; Hawaii; HI

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Hawaii"):

Hilo (a town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii)

Haleakala National Park (a national park in Hawaii including a dormant volcano)

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (a national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes)

Domain member region:

lanai (a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room)

macadamia nut; macadamia nut tree; Macadamia ternifolia (small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts)

malahini (a newcomer to Hawaii)

dolphinfish; mahimahi (the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii))

luau (an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment))

Hawaiian (the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii)

uke; ukulele (a small guitar having four strings)

dolphin; dolphinfish; mahimahi (large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii))

Holonyms ("Hawaii" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

H.I.; Hawaiian Islands; Sandwich Islands (a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific)

Derivation:

Hawaiian (of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Hawaii; Hawaii Island

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Hawaii"):

Hilo (a town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii)

Mauna Kea (an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands)

Mauna Loa (an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island)

Holonyms ("Hawaii" is a part of...):

H.I.; Hawaiian Islands; Sandwich Islands (a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific)

Derivation:

Hawaiian (of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language)

 Context examples 

"We were expecting our data to show that the volcano was a mantle plume formation - an upwelling from the deeper mantle - just like it is in Hawaii," Gazel said.

(Scientists discover a new way volcanoes form, NSF)

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and New Zealand and east of Samoa.

(American Samoa, NCI Thesaurus)

The discovery was made using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and its extended K2 mission, as well as the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

(NASA's K2 Finds Newborn Exoplanet Around Young Star, NASA)

The first known interstellar object to visit our solar system was discovered on Oct. 19, 2017, by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 Telescope located at the University of Hawaii’s Haleakala Observatory.

('Oumuamua interstellar object was not an alien spacecraft, National Science Foundation)

The research focused on the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre and used data from Station ALOHA's Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOTS) program.

(North Pacific Ocean fertilized by iron in Asian dust, National Science Foundation)

Asteroid 2015 TB145 was discovered on Oct. 10, 2015, by the University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS-1 (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) on Haleakala, Maui.

(Halloween Asteroid a Treat for Radar Astronomers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand.

(American Samoa, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand.

(Cook Islands, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii.

(Native Hawaiian, NCI Thesaurus)

The area in the United States comprised of the following states: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii.

(Pacific Coast States, NCI Thesaurus)