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,...
The name Hawaii comes from the original name of the islands Hawaike. When the Americans took over they found the traditional name hard to say. Therefore it was changed to Hawaii and it was rubbed out...