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HI The standard two letter abbreviation for the state of Hawaii is HI.
It is the correct spelling in the Hawaiian language. It is pronounced [LOO au']. The mark over the first u letter -- depicted here with ^ and called a kahak in Hawaiian means to elongate that u sound for two beats, instead of just one. Same goes for the word p kake. Correct: [PEE kah' keh] -- stretch out that i sound.