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# hawaiian

adjective (Hawaiian); noun (a Hawaiian, Hawaiians; Hawaiian — the language)

«hawaiian» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Hawaiian means from or about Hawaii, the group of islands in the Pacific Ocean that is a state of the USA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawaiian/#m1)
2. A Hawaiian is a person from Hawaii, especially one of the Native Hawaiian people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawaiian/#m2)
3. Hawaiian is the Polynesian language of the Native Hawaiian people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawaiian/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography, Hawaiian islands are volcanic islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In everyday life: Hawaiian pizza (with ham and pineapple), Hawaiian shirts with bright flowers, and words like «aloha» and «hula» from the Hawaiian language. In science, Hawaiian volcanoes like Kilauea are studied for lava flows.

### Examples

- The Hawaiian islands were made by volcanoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawaiian/#x1)
- My uncle wore a bright Hawaiian shirt with flowers on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawaiian/#x2)
- Hawaiian pizza has ham and pineapple on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawaiian/#x3)
- «Aloha» is a Hawaiian word for hello and goodbye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawaiian/#x4)
- We learned a Hawaiian dance called the hula. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawaiian/#x5)
- Native Hawaiians were the first people to live on the islands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawaiian/#x6)

### Note

Always a capital H. Spelling: Hawaii (place) has two i's; Hawaiian adds -an. Hawaiian pizza was not invented in Hawaii.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hawaiian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawaiian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hawaiian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hawaiian.html) on Mova free.