Land of the lei (6)

I believe the answer is:

hawaii

(Other definitions for hawaii that I've seen before include "It became a US territory in 1900" , "American state" , "State of the union" , "holiday island" , "Fiftieth US state" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate.

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