The University of Hawaii at Manoa English department has selected “analogue” as its 2025 Word of the Year for Hawaii, ...

The Hawaiian Word of the Day is kiawe. Kiawe is the Hawaiian name for the Algaroba tree, a species of the mesquite tree, which was introduced to Hawai'i in the 19th century. It is said that the very ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Good news, Hawaii: You’ve got some new words for your Scrabble arsenal. Among hundreds of recent additions to the Oxford English Dictionary are two words most folks in ...

Hammajang, a Hawaii pidgin term for messed up, is now listed as an adjective to the Oxford English Dictionary. It is one of more than 600 new words, senses and phrases added to the dictionary in ...

HONOLULU — A Hawaii pidgin adjective for the phrase “messed up” has been listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. Hammajang is defined as “in a disorderly or shambolic state.” The dictionary notes the ...

Hawaii’s culinary terms can be baffling, whether supermarket shopping, looking for recipe ideas in cookbooks, or reading restaurant menus. While newcomers to the islands are at the most disadvantage, ...

Waimea Bay takes its name from the Hawaiian word for "reddish-brown waters." hey tiffany! via Flickr under CC BY-NC 2.0 The Hawaiian language has no term for “virtual reality.” At least, it didn’t in ...

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HONOLULU (KHON2) – In the ahupuaʻa of Waipiʻo, which lies in the moku of ʻEwa here on Oʻahu, stands a dead-end street whose name could mean “to surround,” refer to the beginning of a song, or ...

HONOLULU (AP) - A Hawaii pidgin adjective for the phrase “messed up” has been listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. The word hammajang was among the more than 600 new words and phrases added to the ...