How To Spell Hawaii
Hawaii island hawaiʻi hawaiian pronunciation.
How to spell hawaii. We recognize the proper use of the hawaiian language including the okina a consonant and the kahakō ō or macron e g in place names of hawai i such as lāna i. Chiefly hawaii alternative spelling of hawaii. Please enter your email address. Furthermore it is incorrect to spell hawaiʻi without the ʻokina it is like spelling the last name o brien without the apostrophe. We call the apostrophe glottal stop an okina.
Hawai i is the proper spelling. You actually spell it hawaii hawaii hawaii. The ʻokina in standard english typography represented with the straight apostrophe indicates a glottal stop in hawaiian and hawaiian english. The correct spelling is hawai i but because most people are unaware of this and because there aren t many who ll correct them the name just gets spelled hawaii. Hawaii five 0 2010 tv series hawaii five 0 is an american action police procedural television series that premiered on monday september 20 2010 on the network cbs.
The state s hawaii board on geographic names is proposing a spelling change to officially include the hawaiian diacritical mark. The little reverse apostrophe. Technically it s not a name change. Həˈvɐjʔi anglicized hawaii listen hə wy ee is the largest island located in the u s. Although when you you spell hawaiʻi you should make sure to spell it with the ʻokina.
A lot of people spell it hawai but that s wrong.