The Hawaiian Word of the Day is Waianae. The word Waianae is a compound word, made up of two smaller ones: wai, meaning water, and anae, which is the Hawaiian word for mullet. Waianae is the name for ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Good news, Hawaii: You’ve got some new words for your Scrabble arsenal. Among hundreds of recent additions to the Oxford English Dictionary are two words most folks in ...

HONOLULU — A Hawaii pidgin adjective for the phrase “messed up” has been listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. Hammajang is defined as “in a disorderly or shambolic state.” The dictionary notes the ...

Hammajang, a Hawaii pidgin term for messed up, is now listed as an adjective to the Oxford English Dictionary. It is one of more than 600 new words, senses and phrases added to the dictionary in ...

Waimea Bay takes its name from the Hawaiian word for "reddish-brown waters." hey tiffany! via Flickr under CC BY-NC 2.0 The Hawaiian language has no term for “virtual reality.” At least, it didn’t in ...

Hawaii’s culinary terms can be baffling, whether supermarket shopping, looking for recipe ideas in cookbooks, or reading restaurant menus. While newcomers to the islands are at the most disadvantage, ...

HONOLULU (AP) - A Hawaii pidgin adjective for the phrase “messed up” has been listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. The word hammajang was among the more than 600 new words and phrases added to the ...