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Hawaii is said to have been named by the Maori people who named it "Hawaii" meaning "Heaven" in their own language. Legend states that Hawai'i Loa, a fisherman, was the first person to discover Hawaii (as told in ancient stories). He named Hawaii after himself and the rest of the islands on the chain after his children: Maui, Molokai, Oahu, and Kauai.

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Its named Hawaii, because King Kamehamah (the king of Hawaii) changed the name to Hawaii, when it was first named the Sandwich island from Captain James Cook.

He changed it to Hawaii, because Hawaii means love!

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The first people who came to Hawaii named it Hawaii

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Hawaii was named Hawaii at 1778. Because Captain James Cook first named these islands the Sandwich island. But, then King Kamehamah, the king in Hawaii changed the name to Hiwaii.

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