Hawaiian (ian as yan)

& s. [From Hawaii (Owhyhee).] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to Hawaii. or to the group of islands to which it belongs. B. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of Hawaii. Hawaiian Islands, or Hawaii, or Sandwich Islands, s . pl . A group of eight inhabited and four uninhabited islands in the N. Pacific. Area, 7,629 square miles. Capital, Honolulu, on the SW. coast of the island of Oahu. Until 1893 the government was that of a limited monarchy; but then a revolution broke out and a republic was proclaimed By an Act of the U. S. Congre , approved July 7, 1898, a proposition of the Hawaiian government was accepted annexing the islands to the U. S.