Where does “Hawaii” come from?

Hawaii (Catalan) comes from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki — traditional homeland.

Ancestry of “Hawaii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianHawaiʻiHawaiian
2Proto-Nuclear PolynesianSawaikitraditional homeland
Every word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki →Every word from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi →
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