No one is exactly sure when or how Hawai'i got the name Hawai'i. Historians suggest that the name Hawai'i came from the ancient Polynesians' word for homeland. Hawaiki and Ohwyhee. "HA", in Hawai`i,...
"Big Island" is not the name of the island but only a reference to it. "Hawaii" is the actual name but people say "Big Island" as to not confuse the island's name with the name of the state. It is...