Inoa | Name(s)

Kauaʻi; Manokalanipō; Kauaʻi o Manokalanipō

Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Mokupuni

Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Nāpali, Haleleʻa, Koʻolau (Kauaʻi), Puna (Kauaʻi) Kona (Kauaʻi), Waiʻaleʻale

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

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

He mokupuni kēia ma ka pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi ma kahi o Niʻihau a me Oʻahu. Kapa pū ʻia kēia wahi ʻO Manokalanipō a i ʻole Kauaʻi o Manokalanipō, no kekahi aliʻi nui o kēlā wahi. Wahi a ka mele koʻihonua ʻO Wākea noho iā Papahānaumoku, he keiki nō ʻo Kauaʻi a Wākea lāua ʻo Papahānaumoku. ʻO Waiʻaleʻale ke kuahiwi nui ʻo Kauaʻi a ʻO Kawaikini kekahi kuahiwi nui ʻo kēia mokupuni. Kaulana pū ʻo Waiʻaleʻale i ka ua nui. He ʻelua kai e puni ana i ka mokupuni o Kauaʻi: ʻO Kaʻieʻiewaho ke kai ma waena ʻo Kauaʻi a me Oʻahu a ʻO Kaulakahi ke kai ma waena o Kauaʻi a me Niʻihau. ʻO Hāʻena kekahi wahi kaulan ma muli o ko Hiʻiakaikapoliopele huakaʻi i Hāʻena no kona kaikuaʻana ʻo Pele i mea e kiʻi a hōʻola ai i kāna kāne ʻO Lohiʻau. He wahi kapu ʻo Hāʻena no nā poʻe hula. ʻO ka pua mokihana kahi pua i hoʻohanohano nui ʻia ma Kauaʻi. 

Description

Island and county (33 miles long, 25 miles wide, with an area of 553 square miles and a 1970 population of 29,524). Līhuʻe is the major town and the county seat. Epithet: Kauaʻi o Manokalanipō, Kauaʻi of Manokalanipō (an ancient chief; literally, the innumerable dark heavens) (Place Names of Hawaiʻi)

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

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

Instructions

Use for resource about the entire island of Kauaʻi. For resources about a more specific area, consult the terms in Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi.

Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy

Akua | Deity: Hiʻiakaikapoliopele; Pele; Lohiʻau

Kanaka | Person: Kaumualiʻi; ʻAiwohikupua; Manōkalanipō

Hana | Practice: Hula

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.

“Kauaʻi,” 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 :19th century Hawaiian language manuscript : acquired from “Uncle Willie Kane” William Kepahukaniolonookainoahou Goodwin of Waimea Valley, Kauaʻi, A Kauaʻi reader, Kauai: the separate kingdom, Four Kauai chants 

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