Hawaii is a U.S. region.
Hawaii is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one composed entirely of islands .	Hawaii	Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone	state	U.S. state	Oceania	Oceania
A U.S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America .	political entity	Polity	United States of America	United States
Each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government .	sovereignty	sovereignty	United States federal government	Federal government of the United States
