Hawaii

Hawaii is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States of America, having received statehood on August 21, 1959. Hawaii is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one composed entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean. Hawaii is the only U.S. state located outside North America.

In Hawaiian


ʻO Hawaiʻi ka 50th a me ka moku'āina loa i komo aku iʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa, a ua loaʻaʻo ia i ke kūlana Moku'āina maʻAukake 21, 1959.ʻO Hawaiʻi wale nō ka moku'āinaʻo U.S. i Oceania a hoʻokahi wale nō i hakuʻia a puni nā mokupuni. ʻO ia ka mokupuni mokupuni kiʻekiʻe o Polynesia, kahiʻoi aku o ka pae'āina ma ka moana Pākīpika. ʻO Hawaiʻi wale nō ka moku'āinaʻoʻAmelika ma waho oʻAmelika Hema.