how to pronounce hawaiian

/həˈwaɪ.ən/

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hawaiian is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of hawaiian in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… like this first of all Hawaiian does not …”

meaning of hawaiian

Hawaiian is a type of food.

hawaiian frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word hawaiian occurs in english on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.