Inoa | Name(s)
Nāpali
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Moku
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Hanakoa; Hanakāpīʻai; Honopū; Kalalau; Pōhauao
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Kauaʻi
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He moku kēia ma ka mokupuni o Kauaʻi. Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau a komohana o ka mokupuni, ma waena o ka moku o Haleleʻa, ma ka ʻao ʻao ʻākau, a me Kona, ma ka ʻaoʻao hema. Kaulana kēia wahi no nā pali kiʻekiʻe loa a kū kokoke ana ma kahi o ke kai. Aia he mau wahi ma kēia moku i kapa ʻia kona inoa no nā menehune i noho ma kēia mokupuni ma mua o nā kānaka Hawaiʻi. Ma mua, noho nā kānaka ma ke awāwa o kēia wahi, akā i kēia mau lā ʻaʻohe kānaka e noho ana ma laila ma ke ʻano he kūlana kauhale. Kaulana kēia wahi no ka hana lawaiʻa, a me ka hele mai ana i nā holoholona o ke kai e like me ke koholā. ʻŌlelo ʻia, “Ke ahi lele o Kāmaile” no ka ʻōahi nui ʻana o nā kānaka o kēia wahi. Kaulana ʻO Kaluaikoʻolau a me kāna wahine ʻO Piʻilani no ka peʻe ʻana ma nā awāwa o kēia wahi, i hoʻopaʻahao ʻole ʻia ʻo Kaluaikoʻolau a hoʻouna ʻia i Kalaupapa ʻoiai pā ihola ʻo ia i ka maʻi lepera.
Description
Coastal area, State park, forest reserve, and old district, northwest Kauaʻi. (Place names of Hawaiʻi)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Nāpali (Kauaʻi)” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka moku o Nāpali ma ka mokupuni o Kauaʻi. No nā wahi i kapa ʻia ka mea like ma ka lua pali o Kīlauea, Hawaiʻi a me kahi ma Oʻahu, e ʻimi i ka huaʻōlelo kūpono no kēlā wahi ponoʻī .
Instructions
Use for the moku on Kauaʻi. Not to be confused with the overlook at the Kīlauea, Hawaiʻi that was covered by lava or the street name at Wilhemina Rise on Oʻahu.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Pele; Kamapuaʻa
Kanaka | Person: Lāʻieikawai; Piʻilani; Kaluaikoʻolau
Hana | Practice: Lawaiʻa; Hana ʻōahi
Kūmole | Source(s)
“Nāpali,” Inoa ʻĀina Hawaiʻi Database, Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library.
Wichman, Frederick B. Kauaʻi : Ancient Place-Names and Their Stories. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 1998.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Nāpali District: (Hanakāpi’ai, Hanakoa, Pōhaku’au, Kalalau, Honopū, Nu’alolo, Awaawapuhi, Hana ka lima, ʻai ka waha” : a collection of historical accounts and oral history interviews with kamaʻāina residents and fisher-people of lands in the Haleleʻa-Nāpali region on the Island of Kauaʻi,
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai