Hawaii

Hawaii
noun
1. a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands (Freq. 9)
• Syn: ↑Hawai'i, ↑Aloha State, ↑HI
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Hawaiian
• Members of this Region:
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Part Holonyms:
2. the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑Hawaii Island
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Hawaiian
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑island
• Part Holonyms: ↑Hawaiian Islands, ↑Sandwich Islands
• Part Meronyms: ↑Hilo, ↑Mauna Kea, ↑Mauna Loa

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Hawaii [Hawaii]
the 50th and last state to join the US, in 1959, also known as the Aloha State. It consists of eight main islands and other smaller ones in the north Pacific Ocean. Its capital ↑Honolulu, which is also the largest city, and the port of ↑Pearl Harbor are on Oahu. The state attracts many tourists and produces sugar, ↑pineapples, flowers, nuts and coffee. Captain James Cook visited the islands in 1778, and they have been under US control since 1900.

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