Havaí

See also: Havai

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːvaiː/

Proper noun

Havaí n (indeclinable)

  1. Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • havaírós
  • havaískur
  • havaískyrta

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi (“Hawaii”), from Hawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Homophone: Avaí
  • Hyphenation: Ha‧va‧í

Proper noun

Havaí m (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

  1. Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (an archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, between North America and Oceania)
    Synonyms: Ilhas Sanduíche (historical), Ilhas Canecas
  2. (specifically) Hawaii, Hawaii Island (an island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States)
  3. Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory)

Derived terms

See also

states of the United States: estados dos Estados Unidosedit
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