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The word "Hawaii" is most properly spelled "Hawai'i," where the apostrophe (called an 'okina in the Hawaiian language) between the final two i's stands for the glottal stop, which is a consonant in Hawaiian.
Hawaiian as a language is descended from Common Polynesian, spoken about 2000-1500 years ago. The term "Hawai'i" comes from a Common Polynesian root "Havaiki," meaning simply "homeland." It was also sometimes used to refer to the land of the dead or the afterlife in Polynesian religion and mythology.
Cognates of this same word are found in the other Polynesian languages today (Maori, Marquesan "Havaiki," Cook Islands 'Avaiki, Samoan Savai'i, etc.), all
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Does the word Hawaii mean love and romance?
Hawaii most likely means "Homeland" which is a reconstructed word from the Proto-Polynesian word "Sawaiki"
What does the word pear Harbar mean?
It's a harbor in Hawaii-a location.
What is the word origin of the word Hawaii?
The word "Hawaii" is believed to have originated from the Hawaiian language itself, derived from the Proto-Polynesian word "Hawaiki" which refers to the ancestral homeland of the Polynesians.
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How do you say man in Hawaii?
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Where did they get the word bikini?
in Hawaii
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Where did the word canoe come from?
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