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HAWAII

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands

Synonyms:

Aloha State; Haw.; Hawai'i; Hawaii; HI

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Hawaii"):

Hilo (a town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii)

Haleakala National Park (a national park in Hawaii including a dormant volcano)

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (a national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes)

Domain member region:

macadamia nut; macadamia nut tree; Macadamia ternifolia (small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts)

malahini (a newcomer to Hawaii)

dolphinfish; mahimahi (the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii))

luau (an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment))

Hawaiian (the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii)

uke; ukulele (a small guitar having four strings)

lanai (a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room)

dolphin; dolphinfish; mahimahi (large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii))

Holonyms ("Hawaii" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

H.I.; Hawaiian Islands; Sandwich Islands (a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific)

Derivation:

Hawaiian (of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks

Synonyms:

Hawaii; Hawaii Island

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Hawaii"):

Hilo (a town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii)

Mauna Kea (an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands)

Mauna Loa (an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island)

Holonyms ("Hawaii" is a part of...):

H.I.; Hawaiian Islands; Sandwich Islands (a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific)

Derivation:

Hawaiian (of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language)

Credits

 Context examples: 

An island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia.

(Micronesia, Federated States of, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia, west of the Marshall Islands and north of the Solomon Islands.

(Micronesia, Federated States of, NCI Thesaurus)

An island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand.

(Fiji, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The team used the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii to measure the motions of 10 giant groupings of stars called globular clusters in the galaxy.

(Dark Matter Goes Missing in Oddball Galaxy, NASA)

The scientists are from San Diego State University, University of Hawaii and from the Ocean University of Sri Lanka.

(Too much algae and too many microbes threaten coral reefs, NSF)

But there was yet another surprising finding from the gas observations from Hawaii.

(Size matters: if you are a bubble of volcanic gas, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This asteroid was discovered by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) in Hawaii in 2012.

(Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Close Approach, NASA)

A team at the Keck Observatory in Maunakea, Hawaii made the discovery when investigating HR 8799c - a gas planet seven times the size of Jupiter.

(Water Found in Planet 120 Light Years Away, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A/2017 U1 was discovered Oct. 19 by the University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on Haleakala, Hawaii.

(Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System, NASA)

Observations completed at the University of Hawaii indicate the comet nucleus is somewhere between 1.2 and 10 miles (2 and 16 kilometers) in diameter.

(Newly Discovered Comet Is Likely Interstellar Visitor, NASA)