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Hawaii State Symbols Online

Hawaii Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

Hawaii State Symbols Online is a state resource directory containing descriptions and pictures of the state symbols, emblems, and mascots of the state, which can be quickly accessed. This resource guide represents many of Hawaii state facts such as Hawaii state symbols, the state flower, the state gemstone, the state insect, the state tree, the state bird, the state animal, the state flag that flies over Hawaii, and the capital, as well as many more symbols, emblems, and mascots. These types of state directories are designed to help children learn, and are often used by children in the public and private education system as well as home schooled children.

Hawaii State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol Name - Scientific Date Adopted
Aloha Order of Merit Aloha Order of Merit 1993
Aloha Spirit Aloha Spirit 1986
Bird Nene (Branta sandwicensis)
also known as the Hawaiian goose
May 7, 1957
Dance Hula 1999
Eternal Flame The Eternal Flame
Fish Humuhumunukunukuapua`a -Hawaiian Trigger Fish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus) 1985
Flag State Flag 1894
Flower Native Yellow Hibiscus (Pua Aloalo or Ma`o-hau- hele, Hibiscus brackenridgei A. Gray) Jun 6, 1988
Gemstone Black Coral Apr 22, 1987
Individual Sport Surfing 1998
Island Colors Island Colors 2000
Island Flowers

Island Flowers

1998
Language English & Hawaiian 1978
Liberty Bell Replica of the Liberty Bell 1950
Marine Mammal Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) 1979
Motto "Ua mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono"(The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness) Jul 31, 1843
Nicknames NA
Plant Kalo (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott), the Hawaiian word for taro, is adopted, established, and designated as the official plant of the State. [L 2007, c 36, §2; am L 2008, c 71, §1] 2008
Seal Great Seal 1959
Song Hawai‘i Pono‘i,
Written by King David Kalakaua
Set to music by Prof. Henry Berger, the Royal Bandmaster.
1967
Team Sports Outrigger Canoe Paddling  1986
Tree Kukui Tree (Aleurites Moluccana) known as Candlenut Tree 1959
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State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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