Hawai`i

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Hawaii. alt-of, alternative

    "Hawai`i’s coastal communities are subject to a wide range of frequent and infrequent natural hazards (Fletcher et al., 2002) floods, tsunami, storms, extreme weather, seismicity and volcanic eruptions (Hamnett et al., 1993, 1996)."

Etymology

From Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, with a backtick as a stand-in for the ʻokina.

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