Basic Vocabulary
A word used for hello/goodbye/love.
What is aloha?
The dish consisting of raw fish and poi
What is poke?
The famous U.S. harbor on the coat of Oahu.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Hawaii's state nickname.
What is the Aloha State?
The Hawaiian word for woman.
What is wahine?
The flower necklace given and worn in Hawaii.
What is a lei?
The largest ethnic group that immigrated to Hawaii.
Who are the Japanese?
The real name of the Big Island.
What is Hawai'i?
Thank you in Hawaiian.
What is mahalo?
The traditional Hawaiian dance still used today to share ideas and stories.
The year Hawaii was annexed.
What was 1959?
Hawaiian state bird.
What is the nene?
The word for family in Hawaiian.
What is ohana?
The traditional party where food, hulas, and stories are shared.
What is a lu'au?
The group of indigenous people that first sailed to the Hawaiian islands.
Who are the Polynesians?
What is Mauna Loa?
The famous Disney movie about a girl sailing across the sea that is also the word for ocean in Hawaiian.
What is Moana?
The Hawaiian state fish.
What is the humuhumunukunukuāpua‘a?
The religion eventually introduced to the Hawaiian Islands in the 1850s.
What is Christianity?
Name of the only palace built on United States soil.
What is ‘Iolani Palace?