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1、Hello,Hawaii~！EnjoyYOURLIFEhere~!LISTforyou~GeneralintroductionEtymologyGeologyClimateHistoryCultureCustomsandetiquetteinHawaiiThestateencompassesnearlytheentirevolcanicHawaiianIslandchain,whichcompriseshundredsofislandsspreadover1,500 miles(2,400 km).Atthesoutheasternendofthearch
2、ipelago,theeight"mainislands"are(fromthenorthwesttosoutheast)Niihau,Kauai,Oahu,Molokai,Lānai,Kahoolawe,Maui,andHawaii.Thelastisbyfarthelargestandisoftencalled"TheBigIsland"toavoidconfusionwiththestateasawhole.ThearchipelagoisphysiographicallyandethnologicallypartofthePolynesiansub
3、regionofOceania.Recently,HawaiihasgarneredadditionalattentionasthelocationwhereU.S.PresidentBarackObamawasbornandspentmuchofhisyouth.Obamaistheonlypresidenttohailfromthestate.EtymologyTheHawaiianlanguagewordHawaiiderivesfromProto-Polynesian*Sawaiki,withthereconstructedmeaning"home
4、land";HawaiicognatesarefoundinotherPolynesianlanguages,includingMāori(Hawaiki),RarotonganandSamoan.AccordingtoPukuiandElbert,"ElsewhereinPolynesia,Hawaii–oracognate–isthenameoftheunderworldoroftheancestralhome,butinHawaii,thenamehasnomeaning."SomedesigensfromthefeatruesofHawaii~夏威
5、夷风情鼠标设计~GeologyAlltheHawaiianislandswereformedfromvolcanicactivityinitiatedatanunderseamagmasourcecalledahotspot.AsthetectonicplatebeneathmuchofthePacificOceanmovestothenorthwest,thehotspotremainsstationary,slowlycreatingnewvolcanoes.Duetothehotspot’slocation,Hawaii’sonlyactivevol
6、canoesarelocatedaroundthesouthernhalfoftheBigIsland.Hawaii’snewestvolcano,LōihiSeamount,islocatedsouthoftheBigIsland’scoast.ClimateHawaii’sclimateistypicalforthetropics,althoughtemperaturesandhumiditytendtobeabitlessextremeduetonear-constanttradewindsfromtheeast.Summerhighsareusua
7、llyintheupper80s °F,(around31°C)duringthedayandmid70s,(around24 °C)atnight.Winterdaytemperaturesareusuallyinthelowtomid80s,(around28 °C)and(atlowelevation)seldomdippingbelowthemid60s(18 °C)atnight.MostofHawaiihasonlytwoseasons:thedryseasonfromMaytoOctober,andthewetseasonfromOctobe
8、rtoApril.Localclimatesvaryconside
