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HAWAIIAN WORDS According to the 1990 Census, 8,872 people in the state speak Hawaiian. |
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| Alaka'i = Guide Ali'i = Chief, King or Queen, Royal Aloha = Greetings, Good-bye, Love Hale = House Hau'oli Makahiki Hou = Happy New Year Haole = Caucasian, Foreigner Heiau = Pre-Christian Place of Worship Holoholo = Rest, Vacation Kama'aina = Native Born Kahuna = Holy Person Kane = Man Kapu = Forbidden Keiki = Child Kokua = Help, Assist Lei = Flower Garland |
Lua = Toilet Luau = Hawaiian Feast Mahalo = Thank You Makai = Seaward Malihini = Newcomer, Guest Mauka = Inland Mauna = Mountain Mele Kalikimaka = Merry Christmas Ohana = Family Ono = Tasty, Good Pau = Finished Puka = Hole Pele = Goddess of Volcanoes Wahine = Woman Wikiwiki = Hurry |
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| Island Nicknames: Hawaii = The Big Island Kauai = The Garden Island Lanai = The Pineapple Island Maui = The Valley Island Molokai = The Friendly Island Ni'ihau = Island of Yesterday Oahu = The Gathering Place |
State Motto = "ua mau ke ea o ka aina
i ka pono" (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness) State Bird = Nene, Hawaiian Goose State Flower = Hibiscus State Tree = Kukui State Fish = Humuhumunukunukuapua'a State Gem = Black Coral State Marine Mammal = Humpback Whale State Team Sport = Outrigger Canoe Paddling |
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State Flag = State Fower (Yellow Hibiscus) = |
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HAWAIIAN
TRIVIA
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- In 1832, American missionaries estimated the population of Hawaii to be 130,313. |
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- Hawaii is the only state in the nation that grows coffee. |
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- Sugar was first produced commercially in Hawaii in 1835. |
| - Hawaii (the big Island), at 93 miles long and 76 miles wide, is the widest and longest island in the chain, twice the size of all the others combined. |
| - Hawaii is the only state in the nation with a royal palace. |
| - Pidgin (a mixture of several languages and slang) is technically called Hawaii Creole English. |
| - Honolulu detective Chang Apana was the inspiration for the fictional detective Charlie Chan. |
| - In 1976, Dr. Dale Adams of Kailua paddled the Molokai Channel in seven and one half hours. He was the first to do it. |
| - The first cargo to pass through the newly constructed Panama Canal, on May 8, 1914 was a barge load of sugar from Hawaii. |
| - In 1983 Kilauea, on The Big Island, erupted. |
| - In 1864 King Kamehameha V sold the island of Ni'ihau to the Sinclair-Robinson family for $10,000. |
| - In 1758 Kamehameha I was born in Kohala, in the northern part of the island of Hawaii. |
| - The first horses brought to Hawaii were landed on the Big Island by the American brig, Lelia Byrd. |
| - Born on the Big Island astronaut, Ellison Onizuka, was killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. |
| - Duke Kahanamoku won the 100 meter freestyle in 1920 at the Antwerp Olympics. |
| - The popular television show, Hawaii Five-O, first aired Sept. 26, 1968 and ran until April 5, 1980, making it the longest running police drama. |
| - In 1994, the U.S. Bureau of the Census forecast that the Hawaii population would be 1,815,000 in the year 2020. |
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