Havaí

See also: Havai

Icelandic

Etymology

From English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaːvaiː/

Proper noun

Havaí n (indeclinable)

Hawaii

Derived terms

havaírós
havaískur
havaískyrta

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Havai (Portugal)
Hawaí, Hawaií

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi (“Hawaii”), from Hawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈi/

Homophone: Avaí

Proper noun

Havaí m (Brazilian spelling)

Hawaii (an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean)
Hawaii (the largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago)
Hawaii (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

(Hawaii archipelago): Ilhas Sanduíche (historical), Ilhas Canecas (Hawaii)

Derived terms

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