[
US
/həˈwaɪən/
]
ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language
NOUN
- a native or resident of Hawaii
- the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii
How To Use Hawaiian In A Sentence
- Her longings grew more varied and virulent with each passing year: raw pig meat, Hawaiian pineapples infeasible to procure in revolutionary Cuba, chewing tobacco, cockscomb stew. The Lady Matador’s Hotel
- The figure enters the building and the several scientists are clad in Hawaiian luau apparel, getting ready for the end of the season party. The Movie Spoiler
- The painting raises another question: how can native Hawaiians preserve ancient traditions within the calabash of ideas and cultures that is contemporary Hawaii?
- A throwback to the Polynesian craze that swept North America in the '50s and '60s, the restaurant is full of Eastern Island statuettes, wooden tikis and a Hawaiian ukulele soundtrack.
- Chants and oral traditions suggest native Hawaiians also visited other islands and atolls in the chain.
- Despite its similarities to the Canada goose, the nene is a true Hawaiian down to its toes.
- Like the Hawaiian Islands, the tropical Marquesas Islands are extremely isolated and all flora and fauna present are the result of long-distance colonization and in situ evolution for thousands to millions of years. Marquesas tropical moist forests
- I joined that group shortly thereafter and it was there I met Isao Takahashi Sensei, a middle-aged nisei Hawaiian who spoke English with an accent having lived in Japan as a boy.
- The Pagoda, like hundreds of other buildings in Hawaii, sits on land leased from a trust established more than a century ago by a descendant of the ruler who united the major Hawaiian islands. Hawaii Local's Inside Play
- More firmly grounded in Hawaiian culture is the lei, a colorful wreath of fresh flowers or other decorative objects worn around the neck.