proper noun/a.wa.i/
Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory); Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (an archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, between North America and Oceania); Hawaii, Hawaii Island (an island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States)
Ultimately from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Hawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.