Spelling of state name In 1978, Hawaiian was added to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii as an official state language alongside English. The title of the state constitution is The Constitution of the State of Hawaii. ArticleXV, Section1 of the Constitution uses The State of Hawaii. Diacritics were not used because the document, drafted in 1949, predates the use of the and the in modern Hawaiian orthography. The exact spelling of the state's name in the Hawaiian language is . In the Hawaii Admission Act that granted Hawaiian statehood, the federal government used Hawaii as the state name.
Spelling of state name In 1978 Hawaiian was added to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii as an official state language alongside English The title of the state constitution is The Constitution of the State of Hawaii ArticleXV Section1 of the Constitution uses The State of Hawaii Diacritics were not used because the document drafted in 1949 predates the use of the and the in modern Hawaiian orthography The exact spelling of the state's name in the Hawaiian language is  In the Hawaii Admission Act that granted Hawaiian statehood the federal government used Hawaii as the state name