Where does “Owyhee” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Owyhee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianHawaiʻiHawaiian
2Proto-Nuclear PolynesianSawaikitraditional homeland

Words derived from “Owyhee”

Every word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian Sawaiki →Every word from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi →
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