Hawaiinoun
/həˈwaɪ.iː//həˈwaɪ.iː/a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean that is a state of the US :
She returned to Hawaii in the summer.
Hawaii was included on the map.
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- We knew no-one in Hawaii.
- He retired to Hawaii ten years ago.
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Examples from literature
- Being a colony brought many problems to the people working on plantations in Hawaii and other places.
- Hawaii is an excellent place for growing sugar cane.
- He is married with children, lives in Hawaii, and has his own business.
- Kauai cave wolf spiders live in caves in Hawaii.
- Other times she goes to Hawaii and works underwater.
- The beaches in California and Hawaii were packed!
- The boys lived on a small island in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and Hawaii.
- The law said that foreigners could buy land in Hawaii.
- The sugar companies needed more workers, so they brought people to Hawaii from China, Japan, Korea, and other countries.
- There was already a long bike race, a long swim race, and a marathon in Hawaii, but not all three events together on the same day.