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Hawaii Symbols

Aloha Order of Merit , Aloha Spirit, Bird, Dance, Eternal Flame, Fish, Flag, Flower, Gemstone, Individual Sport  , Island Colors, Island Flowers, Language, Liberty Bell, MammalMarine Mammal, Motto, Seal, Song, Team Sports, Tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawaii State Team Sports

Outrigger canoe paddling 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]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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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