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malihini

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ma⋅li⋅hi⋅ni

  [mah-lee-hee-nee]
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–noun, plural -hi⋅nis. Hawaiian.
a newcomer to Hawaii.
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ma·li·hi·ni   (mä'lĭ-hē'nē)   
n.   pl. ma·li·hi·nis Hawaii
A newcomer to Hawaii.

[Hawaiian, stranger; akin to Tahitian manihini, visitor, guest, and Maori manuhiri, all perhaps ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *manu, bird (figuratively applied to humans).]
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