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! [...]

[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]Hawaiʻi[/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 [...]

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.
A few examples: “Never mind”, pronounced in Pidgin “nevamine”, and the word “kind”, pronounced in Pidgin “kine”.
Words like [...]

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

Each of the [tag]Hawaii Islands[/tag] also has an official flower.
Hawaii – Big Island- The official flower is the Red Ohia
Kauai – The official flower is the Mokihana Berry
Lanai – The official flower is the Kaunaoa, a yellow and orange air plant
Maui- [...]

Here are the nicknames for the Islands of Hawaii:
Hawaii – The Big Island because it is the largest of all the islands.
Kauai – The Garden Island because it is the wettest and greenest of all the islands.
Lanai – The Pineapple Island because it was once a private island once owed by Dole to grow pineapples.
Maui- [...]

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.
The Pineapple State: Hawaii has also been referred to as “The [tag]Pineapple State[/tag]” because of the pineapple industry and its impact [...]

Some facts about [tag]Hawaii[/tag] from Hawaii’s Offical Tourism Site
State Name:
Hawaii
State Nickname:
The Aloha State
Capital City:
Honolulu
Population:
1,262,840
Time Zone:
Hawaii Standard Time (GMT-10 hours), 5 hours behind the US East Coast, 6 hours behind during Daylight Saving Time (Hawaii does not observe Daylight Saving Time).
Languages:
English
Hawaiian
Currency:
US dollar. Credit cards are widely accepted. Traveler’s checks are accepted at many businesses.
Average Temperature:
April- November: [...]