Hawaiian

[ huh-wahy-uh n, -wah-yuh n ]

/ həˈwaɪ ən, -ˈwɑ yən /

of or relating to Hawaii or the Hawaiian Islands.

a native or inhabitant of Hawaii or the Hawaiian Islands.

the aboriginal language of Hawaii, a Polynesian language.

Origin of Hawaiian

First recorded in 1815–25; Hawaii + -an

pro-Ha·wai·ian, adjective

When he asked what it meant, he was told that wiki was the Hawaiian word for quick, and wiki wiki meant superquick.

You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story |Walter Isaacson |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
One afternoon at 5:30 p.m., we sit in the dining room as Doug briefs the staff about the evening special: Hawaiian pink snapper.

A Magical Meal at Louie’s Backyard in the Conch Republic |Jane & Michael Stern |July 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Currently Cherokee, Hawaiian, Inuktitut, Inupiaq, Kalaallisut, and Navajo are supported.

Should Google Be Mapping Tribal Lands? |Grace-Yvette Gemmell |June 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Greeted with hugs and adorned with Hawaiian leis, some attendees (branded “citizens”) opted for massages from “Wake Up Angels.”

The Drug-Free Breakfast Rave Is New York’s Latest Exercise Trend |Jessica Burdon |May 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

There was a plastic palm tree stuck in the front window, so she called the joint the Hawaiian Paradise.

The Stacks: John Schulian’s Classic Profile of Newspaper Columnist Mike Royko |John Schulian |January 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It would be desirable that all foreign consuls in the Hawaiian Islands should receive new exequaturs from this Government.

Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents |William McKinley
Now, at any rate, we should be quite safe from any machinations of our Hawaiian entertainers.

The White Man's Foot |Grant Allen
He had had the fever in a secret colony of thirty lepers on one of the Hawaiian Islands.

Martin Eden |Jack London
One summer the Ormes rented Evermay to a Hawaiian princess, who enjoyed it with her family.

A Portrait of Old George Town |Grace Dunlop Ecker
It was fitting that the Hawaiian poet should celebrate the dog and his altogether virtuous and altruistic services to mankind.

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii |Nathaniel Bright Emerson

Hawaiian

/ (həˈwaɪən) /

of or relating to Hawaii, its people, or their language

a native or inhabitant of Hawaii, esp one descended from Melanesian or Tahitian immigrants

a language of Hawaii belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family