About Honolulu - University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Honolulu is the largest city in the state of Hawaiʻi and also home to the State Capitol Honolulu, which means sheltered harbor or protected bay, is believed to have been founded as early as 2,000 years ago The city was firmly established as the major center for the Hawaiian Islands by the mid-1800s Hawaiʻi became the Aloha State in 1959 when it was formally admitted to the Union as the
Hawaii - Wikipedia Hawaii ( həˈwaɪ i ⓘ hə-WY-ee; [11] Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi [həˈvɐjʔi, həˈwɐjʔi]) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U S mainland One of the two non-contiguous U S states (along with Alaska), it is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, the only state south