Hawaii Questions

The Online Hawaiian Dictionary defines Aloha as: – love, affection, compassion, mercy, sympathy, pity, kindness, sentiment, grace, charity; greeting, salutation, regards; sweetheart, lover, loved one; beloved, loving, kind, compassionate, charitable, lovable; to love, be fond of; to show kindness, mercy, pity, charity, affection; to venerate; to remember with affection; to greet, hail. Greetings! Hello! Good-by! Farewell! Alas!

[tag]Hawaiian Language[/tag] – [tag]Whale[/tag] Words
Kohola: [tag]Humpback whale[/tag]
Palaoa: [tag]Sperm whale[/tag]
‘O Kohola: To whale
Huelopoki: Whale boat

The Aloha shirt, is a style of dress shirt originating in [tag]HawaiÊ»i[/tag], USA. It is currently the premier textile export of the Hawai‘i manufacturing industry. These shirts are printed, mostly short-sleeved, and collared. They usually have buttons, sometimes as a complete button-down shirt, and sometimes just down to the chest (pullover). Aloha shirts usually have a left chest pocket sewn in to make the printed pattern continuous. Aloha shirts may be worn by men or women; women’s aloha shirts usually have a lower-cut, v-neck style.

Tommy asks: What is Pidgin and where can I learn it?
[tag]Pidgin[/tag] is a ‘local slang’ that the Hawaiian locals use when talking mainly to each other, you may also see it in local advertising aimed at locals.

The official [tag]Hawaii state flower[/tag] is the endemic Yellow Hibiscus, known as the pua aloalo.

Here are the nicknames for the Islands of Hawaii:
Hawaii – The Big Island because it is the largest of all the islands.

The Aloha State: (Official Popular Name) This official Popular Name – “The [tag]Aloha State[/tag]” was designated in 1959 by the Legislature of the State. This was adopted in the same year Hawaii became a state.

Some facts about [tag]Hawaii[/tag] from Hawaii’s Offical Tourism Site
State Name:
Hawaii