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The state of Hawaii has adopted numerous symbols.
Type | Symbol | Description | Year | Image | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flag | The Flag of Hawaii | [1] | |||
Seal | The Great Seal of the State of Hawaii | [2] | |||
Motto | "Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono" ("The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness") | — | [3] | ||
Popular name | "The Aloha State" | — | [4] |
Type | Symbol | Description | Year | Image | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bird | Nēnē Branta sandvicensis |
Also known as the Hawaiian goose | [5] | ||
Endemic tree | ʻŌhiʻa lehua Metrosideros polymorpha |
[6] | |||
Fish | Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa Rhinecanthus rectangulus |
Also known as the reef triggerfish | [7] | ||
Flower | Pua aloalo or maʻo hau hele Hibiscus brackenridgei A. Gray |
Also known as the native yellow hibiscus | [8] | ||
Insect | Pulelehua Vanessa tameamea |
Also known as the Kamehameha butterfly | [9] | ||
Land mammal | ʻŌpeʻapeʻa Lasiurus cinereus semotus |
Also known as the Hawaiian hoary bat | [10] | ||
Mammal | ʻĪlioholoikauaua[lower-alpha 1] Neomonachus schauinslandi |
Also known as the Hawaiian monk seal | [11] | ||
Marine mammal | Koholā[lower-alpha 1] Megaptera novaeangliae |
Also known as the humpback whale | [12] | ||
Microbe | Koʻohonua ʻili akia Flavobacterium akiainvivens (proposed) |
[13][14] | |||
Plant | Kalo Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott |
Also known as taro | [15] | ||
Tree | Kukui tree Aleurites moluccanus |
Also known as the candlenut tree | [16] |
Type | Symbol | Description | Year | Image | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gemstone | ʻĒkaha kū moana[lower-alpha 1] | Also known as the black coral | [17] |
Type | Symbol | Description | Year | Image | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ʻAuana (modern)[18] musical instrument | ʻUkulele | [19] | |||
Dance | Hula | [20] | |||
Gesture | Shaka sign | [21] | |||
Individual sport | Heʻe nalu[lower-alpha 1] | Also known as surfing | [22] | ||
Kahiko (traditional)[18] musical instrument | Pahu | [19] | |||
Language | Hawaiian and English | [23][24] | |||
Song | "Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī" | [25] | |||
Spirit | The Aloha Spirit | [26] | |||
Team sport | Heihei waʻa[lower-alpha 1] | Also known as outrigger canoe paddling | [27] |
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