“Hawái”, Spanish form of “Hawaii”

2023-08-11 10:30:03

Hawaii, with tilde and a single i, is the Hispanicization of the English name Hawaii.

In the media you can read phrases such as “Tragedy in Hawaii after a devastating fire”, “Biden declares an emergency in Hawaii due to forest fires” or “Fires in Hawaii: the tourist paradise devastated by flames that became hell ».

As pointed out by Panhispanic dictionary of doubts, Hawaii, with tilde and a single iis the adapted spelling of the English place name Hawaii. For his part, he Dictionary of the Spanish language pick up like demonym for the natives of these islands the voice Hawaiian.

Thus, in the initial examples, it would have been appropriate to write “Hawaii tragedy after devastating fire”, “Biden declares emergency in Hawaii due to wildfires” and “Hawaii fires: the flame-ravaged tourist paradise that became in hell.”