Hawaiian is an adjective relating to Hawaii, its people, language, or culture. It is pronounced with a two-syllable primary stress on the second syllable in most contexts, as in ha-WAI-ian, and often realized as ha-wai-ian in rapid speech. The term is also used as a noun in some contexts (e.g., Hawaiian) when referring to a person from Hawaii. In general, it signals origin or attributes associated with Hawaii.
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