Inoa | Name(s)

Lāna’i; Nānaʻi; Lānaʻi a Kaululāʻau; Lānaʻikaʻula

Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Mokupuni

Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Kaʻā; Paomai; Mahana; Maunalei; Kalulu; Kaunolū; Pālāwai; Paʻawili; Kaohai; Kamao; Keāliaaupuni; Keāliakapu; Kamoku; Lānaʻihale

Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi; Maui Nui; Lāhainā

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

He mokupuni kēia ma ka pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi. Aia pū kēia mokupuni ma ka pūʻulu mokupuni o Maui Nui. I kēia mau lā aia ma nā palena o ke kalana o Maui. Kapa pū ʻia kēia mokupuni ʻO Nānaʻi. Lohe pū ʻia ʻO Lānaʻi a Kaululāʻau a me Lānaʻikaʻula. Wahi a kekahi mele koʻihonua, ʻO Wākea lāua ʻo Hoʻohōkūkalani nā mākua o kēia mokupuni. ʻO Lānaʻihale ka mauna kiʻekiʻe o Lānaʻi. He ʻekolu mau kai e puni ana kēia mokupuni: ʻO ʻAuʻau ke kai ma waena o Lānaʻi a me Maui, ʻO Kealaikahiki ke kai ma waena o Lānaʻi a me Kahoʻolawe, a ʻo Kalohi ke kai ma waena o Lānaʻi a me Molokaʻi. ʻO kekahi o nā wahi kaulana o Lānaʻi ʻo ia ke kauhale ʻo Kōʻele a me ka ulu lāʻau o Kānepuʻu. I kēia mau lā, kaulana ʻO Lānaʻi i ka nui o nā mahi hala kahiki ma ka wā mahi kō a ʻo ke Kaunaʻoa ka meakanu i hoʻohanohano nui ʻia ma kēia mokupuni. 

Description

Island in Maui County, also known as Nā-naʻi, 13¼ miles long, 13 miles wide, with an area of 140 square miles and a 1970 population of 2,204; also elementary and high school. Lā-naʻi City (1,624 feet elevation) is the major town. Epithet: Lā-naʻi o Kaululāʻau (Lā-naʻi of Kaululāʻau). Perhaps lit., day [of] conquest. (Place Names of Hawaii)

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho iā “Lānaʻi” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka mokupuni o Lānaʻi.

Instructions

Use for the island of Lānaʻi.

Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy

Kanaka | Person: Kaululāʻau; Walter Murray Gibson

Hana | Practice: Mahi hala kahiki

Kūmole | Source(s)

Juvik, Sonia P., James O. Juvik, and Thomas R. Paradise. “Atlas of Hawaiʻi.” Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 1998. Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library.

“Lānaʻi,” Hawaii Statewde GIS system (website).

“Lānaʻi,”Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986. Wehewehewiki: Hawaiian Language Dictionaries.

“Nānaʻi,” Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986. Wehewehewiki: Hawaiian Language Dictionaries. 

“ʻO Wākea Noho iā Papahānaumoku,” Kamehameha Schools blog.

Pukui, Mary Kawena, Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert, and Esther T. Mookini. Place Names of Hawaii. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1976. Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library.

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: E ʻike hou iā Lānaʻi = To know Lānaʻi once again : a historical reference and guide to the island of Lānaʻi, Fantasy Island: from pineapple to tourist plantation on Lāna’i, Hoike a ke Komite Wae e pili ana i ka hoopii o kekahi mau kanaka o Lanai, e like me ka olelo hooholo a Hon. L.A. Thurston

Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai