Hawaii meaning
Origin of hawaii
- Haw Hawai'i < Proto-Polynesian *hawaiki; akin to Savai'i, Savaii
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
- From Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Polynesian *Sawaiki (“traditional homeland”).
From Wiktionary
- From Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, in turn from Proto-Nuclear-Polynesian *Sawaiki.
From Wiktionary