Hawaiian

Hawaiian
noun Date: 1840 1. a native or resident of Hawaii; especially one of Polynesian ancestry 2. the Polynesian language of the Hawaiians • Hawaiian adjective

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  • Hawaiian — Ha*wai ian (h[.a]*w[imac] yan), prop. a. Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii. n. A native of Hawaii. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Hawaiian — /heuh wuy euhn, wah yeuhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Hawaii or the Hawaiian Islands. n. 2. a native or inhabitant of Hawaii or the Hawaiian Islands. 3. the aboriginal language of Hawaii, a Polynesian language. [1815 25; HAWAII + AN] * * * Any… …   Universalium

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  • Hawaiian — adj. Hawaiian is used with these nouns: ↑shirt …   Collocations dictionary

  • Hawaiian — n. & adj. n. 1 a a native of Hawaii, an island or island group in the N. Pacific. b a person of Hawaiian descent. 2 the Malayo Polynesian language of Hawaii. adj. of or relating to Hawaii or its people or language …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hawaiian language — Hawaiian ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Spoken in Hawaiʻi: concentrated on Niʻihau and Hawaiʻi, but speakers throughout the Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. mainland …   Wikipedia

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