Hawaii

Hawaii is the 50th state of the . Situated nearly at the center of the north Pacific Ocean, Hawaii marks the northeast corner of .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Honolulu and Kauai.

The capital of Hawaii and its primary point of entry, is by far the state's largest city, with 980,000 people—two-thirds of the state's population—residing within the metro area as of 2018.

is the most northwestern of Hawaii's major islands and is the 4th largest by size and population. Nicknamed the Garden Island, it is covered with lush greenery and tropical plants, watered regularly by abundant rainfall.

is a town on the of Hawaii. The county seat and largest city in Hawaii County, is the one of the best starting points to explore the eastern half of the island, including .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Oahu and Maui.

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is the most populous of the Hawaiian islands, the third largest in size and the cultural, financial, and top tourist destination of the Hawaiian islands.

The island of is one of the islands of Hawaii, a state of the . It is the second-largest of the eight major islands and the third-most populous.

The island of Hawai'i — universally called the by visitors to avoid confusion with its namesake state — is the largest island of the state of Hawaii in the .

Molokaʻi or is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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or Lanaʻi is the smallest inhabited island in Hawaii. It is also known as Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation.

Hawaii

  • Type: State with 1,420,000 residents
  • Description: state of the United States of America
  • Also known as: Aloha State”, “Hawai’i”, “Hawaii State”, “Hawaii, United States”, “HI”, “Kaimana Hila”, “State of Hawai‘i”, “State of Hawaii”, “Territorio do Havai *”, “Territory of Hawaii”, and “The Aloha State
  • Historically known as: Kingdom of Hawaii”, “Republic of Hawaii”, and “Sandwich Islands
  • Categories: U.S. state and locality
  • Location: ,
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Latitude of center
21.4633° or 21° 27′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
-157.9793° or 157° 58′ 46″ west
Population
1,420,000
Elevation
853 feet (260 metres)
Abbreviation
“HI”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316949921
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
5855797
Wiki­data ID
Q782
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Hawaii” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Hawaii
  • Afrikaans: Hawaii
  • Albanian: Hauai
  • Albanian: Havai
  • Albanian: Hawaii
  • Amharic: ሃዋኢ
  • Amharic: ሃዋይኢ
  • Amis: Hawai
  • Arabic: هاواي
  • Aragonese: Hawaii
  • Armenian: Հավայի
  • Arpitan: Havayi
  • Asturian: H.awai
  • Asturian: Ḥawai
  • Asturian: Hawaii
  • Aymara: Hawaii suyu
  • Azerbaijani: Havay
  • Balinese: Hawaii
  • Bashkir: Гавай
  • Bashkir: Гавайҙар
  • Basque: Hawaii
  • Bavarian: Hawaii
  • Belarusian: Гаваі
  • Bengali: হাওয়াই
  • Betawi: Hawai
  • Bhojpuri: हवाई
  • Bishnupriya: হাৱাই
  • Bislama: Hawaii
  • Bosnian: Havaji
  • Bosnian: HI
  • Breton: Hawaii
  • Bulgarian: Хаваи
  • Burmese: ဟာဝိုင်ယီပြည်နယ်
  • Catalan: Hawaii
  • Cebuano: Hawaii
  • Central Bikol: Hawaii
  • Central Kurdish: ھاوایی
  • Chavacano: Hawaii
  • Chechen: Гавайи
  • Chechen: Гавайш
  • Cherokee: ᎭᏩᏱ
  • Cheyenne: Hawaii
  • Chinese: Hawaiʻi
  • Chinese: 夏威夷
  • Chinese: 夏威夷州
  • Chuvash: Гавайи
  • Cornish: Hawaii
  • Corsican: Hawaii
  • Crimean Tatar: Gavayi
  • Crimean Tatar: Havayi
  • Croatian: Havaji
  • Czech: Havaj
  • Czech: Hawaiʻi
  • Czech: Hawaii
  • Czech: Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi
  • Czech: State of Hawaii
  • Dagbani: Hawaii
  • Danish: Hawaii
  • Dimli (individual language): Hawaii
  • Dutch: Hawai
  • Dutch: Hawaï
  • Dutch: Hawaiʻi
  • Dutch: Hawaii
  • Dutch: HI
  • Eastern Mari: Гавайи
  • Egyptian Arabic: هاواى
  • Esperanto: Havajo
  • Esperanto: HI
  • Estonian: Hawaii osariik
  • Ewe: Hawaii
  • Faroese: Hawaii
  • Fiji Hindi: Hawaii
  • Finnish: Havaiji
  • Finnish: Hawaii
  • French: Hawaï
  • French: Hawaii
  • Gagauz: Hawaii
  • Galician: Hawai’i
  • Galician: Hawai
  • Georgian: ჰავაი
  • Georgian: ჰავაის შტატი
  • German: Hawaii
  • German: HI
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Hawaii
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌴𐌹
  • Greek: Χαβάη
  • Guarani: Haguáii
  • Guarani: Havái
  • Guianese Creole French: Away
  • Gujarati: હવાઈ
  • Haitian: Awayi
  • Hakka Chinese: Hawaii
  • Hausa: Hawaii
  • Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi
  • Hawaiian: Ka Pae ʻĀina o Hawaiʻi” (historical)
  • Hawaiian: Ka Pae Moku o Hawaiʻi” (historical)
  • Hawaiian: Ke Aupuni Mōʻī o Hawaiʻi” (historical)
  • Hawaiian: Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi
  • Hebrew: הוואי
  • Hindi: हवाई
  • Hungarian: Hawaii
  • Iban: Hawaii
  • Icelandic: Havaí
  • Icelandic: Hawaí
  • Icelandic: Hawaii
  • Ido: Havayi
  • Igbo: Hawaii
  • Iloko: Hawai’i
  • Inari Sami: Havaiji
  • Indonesian: Hawaii
  • Interlingua: Hawaii
  • Interlingue: Hawaii
  • Inupiaq: Hawaii
  • Irish: Haváí
  • Italian: Hawaii
  • Jamaican Creole English: Awayi
  • Japanese: ハワイ
  • Japanese: ハワイ州
  • Javanese: Hawaii
  • Kabiyè: Hawayii
  • Kabyle: Hawaii
  • Kadazan Dusun: Hawaii
  • Kalmyk: Хавай
  • Kannada: ಹವಾಯಿ
  • Karachay-Balkar: Гавайи
  • Kashmiri: ہوائی
  • Kazakh: Гавайи штаты
  • Kazakh: Гавайи
  • Khmer: ហាវ៉ៃ
  • Kirghiz: Гавайи
  • Komering: Hawaii
  • Korean: 하와이 주
  • Korean: 하와이
  • Korean: 하와이주
  • Kurdish: Hawaii
  • Ladin: Hawaii
  • Ladino: Hawaii
  • Lao: ຮາວາຍ
  • Latin: Havaii
  • Latvian: Havajas
  • Ligurian: Hawaii
  • Limburgan: Hawaï
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Hawaii
  • Literary Chinese: 夏威夷州
  • Lithuanian: Havajai
  • Lombard: Hawaii
  • Low German: Hawaï (stoat)
  • Low German: Hawaï
  • Low German: Hawaii
  • Luxembourgish: Hawaii
  • Macedonian: Хаваи
  • Maithili: हवाई
  • Malagasy: Hawaii
  • Malay: Hawaii
  • Malay: هاواءي
  • Malayalam: ഹവായി
  • Manipuri: ꯍꯋꯥꯢꯏ
  • Manx: Hawaiʻi
  • Manx: Hawaii
  • Maori: Hawai’i
  • Marathi: हवाई
  • Mazanderani: هاوایی
  • Min Dong Chinese: Hawaii
  • Min Nan Chinese: Hawaiʻi
  • Minangkabau: Hawaii
  • Mingrelian: ჰავაი
  • Mirandese: Ḥauaí
  • Mongolian: Хавай
  • Moroccan Arabic: هاواي
  • N'Ko: ߤߊ߯ߥߊߦ
  • Nauru: Hawaii
  • Navajo: Kéyah Ałkééʼ Naaznilgo Dah Ndaaʼeełí
  • Nepali: हवाई
  • Newari: हवाइ
  • Newari: हवाई
  • Northern Frisian: Hawaii
  • Northern Luri: هاوایی
  • Northern Sami: Haváija
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hawai’i
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hawaiʻi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hawaii
  • Norwegian Bokmål: HI
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hawaii
  • Norwegian: Hawaii
  • Novial: Hawaii
  • Occitan (post 1500): Hawaii
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Hawaii
  • Ossetian: Гавайи
  • Pali: हवाई
  • Pampanga: Hawaii
  • Pangasinan: Hawaii
  • Panjabi: ਹਵਾਈ
  • Papiamento: Hawaii
  • Pedi: Hawaii
  • Persian: هاوائی
  • Persian: هاوایی
  • Picard: Hawaï
  • Piemontese: Hawaii
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Hawaii
  • Polish: Hawaje
  • Portuguese: Estado do Havai
  • Portuguese: Estado do Havaí
  • Portuguese: Havai
  • Portuguese: Havaí
  • Pushto: هاوايي
  • Pushto: هاوایی
  • Quechua: Hawaii suyu
  • Romanian: Hawaii
  • Romansh: Hawai
  • Russia Buriat: Гавай
  • Russia Buriat: Һавай
  • Russian: Гавайи, штат
  • Russian: Гавайи
  • Russian: Гавайские острова
  • Rusyn: Гавай
  • Samoan: Hawai’i
  • Samoan: Hawaiʻi
  • Samogitian: Havajē
  • Sanskrit: हवाई
  • Santali: ᱦᱟᱣᱟᱭ
  • Sardinian: Hawaii
  • Saterfriesisch: Hawaii
  • Scots: Hawaii
  • Scottish Gaelic: Hawaii
  • Serbian: Хаваји
  • Serbo-Croatian: Havaji
  • Sicilian: Hawaii
  • Silesian: Hawaje
  • Sindhi: هوائي
  • Sinhala: හවායි
  • Slovak: Havaj
  • Slovenian: Havaji
  • Somali: Hawaay
  • South Azerbaijani: هاوائی ایالتی
  • South Azerbaijani: هاوایی
  • Spanish: El Estado de Aloha
  • Spanish: Estado de Hawái
  • Spanish: Hawái (Estados Unidos)
  • Spanish: Hawai
  • Spanish: Hawái
  • Spanish: Hawaii
  • Spanish: HI
  • Sundanese: Hawaii
  • Swahili: Hawaii
  • Swedish: Hawaii
  • Swiss German: Hawaii
  • Tagalog: Hawaii
  • Tajik: Ҳаваий
  • Tajik: Ҳавайӣ
  • Talysh: Havaj
  • Tamil: ஹவாயி
  • Tamil: ஹவாய்
  • Tatar: Гавай
  • Tatar: Гавайлар
  • Tatar: Һавайлар
  • Telugu: హవాయి
  • Thai: รัฐฮาวาย
  • Tibetan: ཧ་ཝ་ཡི།
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Hauaiʻi
  • Tosk Albanian: Hawaii
  • Tumbuka: Hawaii
  • Turkish: Haw.
  • Turkish: Hawaii eyaleti
  • Turkish: Hawaii, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Turkish: Hawaii
  • Turkish: Hi.
  • Turkish: HI
  • Turkish: State of Hawaii
  • Turkish: US-HI
  • Turkmen: Gawaý adalary
  • Uighur: Haway Shitati
  • Ukrainian: Гаваї
  • Ukrainian: Гавайські острови
  • Upper Sorbian: Hawaii
  • Urdu: ہوائی
  • Uzbek: Gavayi (shtat)
  • Uzbek: Gavayi
  • Venetian: Hawaii
  • Vietnamese: Hạ Uy Di
  • Vietnamese: Hawaiʻi
  • Vietnamese: Hawaii
  • Vlaams: Hawaï
  • Vlax Romani: Hawaii
  • Volapük: Havayuäns
  • Walloon: Hawayi
  • Waray (Philippines): Hawaii
  • Welsh: Hawaii
  • Western Armenian: Հաուայ
  • Western Frisian: Hawaï
  • Western Frisian: Hawaii
  • Western Mari: Гавайи
  • Western Panjabi: ہوائی
  • Wu Chinese: 夏威夷州
  • Xhosa: IHawayi
  • Yakut: Һауайи
  • Yiddish: האוואי
  • Yoruba: Hawaii
  • Yue Chinese: 夏威夷州
  • Zeeuws: Hawaii
  • Zhuang: Hawaii
  • Zulu: Hawaii
  • Havajē
  • Hawai’i
  • Hawaiʻi
  • Hawaii
  • HI
  • ma Awawi
  • SOH
  • US-HI
  • हवाई

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