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Ha⋅wai⋅ian

  [huh-wahy-uhn, -wah-yuhn]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Hawaii or the Hawaiian Islands.
–noun
2. a native or inhabitant of Hawaii or the Hawaiian Islands.
3. the aboriginal language of Hawaii, a Polynesian language.
Origin:
1815–25; Hawaii + -an
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Ha·wai·ian or Ha·wai'·ian   (hə-wä'yən)   
n.  

    1. A Native Hawaiian.

    2. A native or inhabitant of the Hawaiian Islands, the state of Hawaii, or Hawaii Island.

  2. The Polynesian language of Hawaii.

Ha·wai'ian adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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