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.
The Big Island is named Hawaii.
No, there is no city named Hawaii near Kenya. Hawaii is actually a U.S. state located in the Pacific Ocean, far from Africa. In Kenya, you can find cities like Nairobi and Mombasa, but Hawaii is not among them.
It is both : the "big island" is named Hawaii, and the entire chain is the state of Hawaii, or "the Hawaiian Islands".
yes
The abbreviation is named, "HI" as a state.
Nope. Hawaii is a country by its own right, governed by the United States.
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It means Hawaii police
It was named the Sandwich Islands by Captain Cook.
hawaii
No. That's a country
On January 23, 2009 the Hawaii State Legislature passed a bill that named the pulelehua, or Kamehameha butterfly, as the Hawaii state insect.