hawaii

Other forms of hawaii

plural

hawaiis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hawaii

What does hawaii mean?

hawaii means "a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hawaii?

hawaii has 3 syllables: ha-wa-ii. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /həˈwaɪˌi/.

What is another word for hawaii?

Close synonyms include Hawai'i, Aloha State, HI, Haw., Hawaii Island. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hawaii a common word?

hawaii is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hawaii?

9 words rhyme with hawaii. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.