# Hawaii

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /həˈwaɪ.i/ · frequency rank #5,048

## Definitions
1. An insular state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Honolulu.
2. An archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, between North America and Oceania.
3. An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
4. A former kingdom in the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki (“traditional homeland”).

## Easily confused with
- **Hawaiian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawaii-vs-hawaiian)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahwaii`, `haawii`, `hawai`, `hawiai`, `hawwaii`, `hhawaii`, `hwaaii`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hawaii