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State Symbols

The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

Hawaii Symbols

Hawaii State Team Sports

Outrigger canoe paddling

Adopted in 1986

Statute

Hawai`i Revised Statutes, Volume 1, Chapter 5, Section 5-14

Volume 1.
CHAPTER 5. EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS.
SECTION 5-14

[§5-14] State team sport. Outrigger canoe paddling is adopted, established, and designated as the official team sport of the State, to be effective for as long as the legislature of the State does not otherwise provide. [L 1986, c 219, §2]

State Symbols

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.