Inoa | Name(s)

Koʻolau (Kauaʻi)

Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Moku

Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Aliomanu; Anahola; Kaʻakaʻaniu; Kāhili; Kīlauea (Kauaʻi); Lepeuli; Moloaʻa; Nāmāhana; Pāpaʻa; Pīlaʻa; Waiakalua; Waipake; East Waikalua; West Waikalua

Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Kauaʻi

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

He moku kēia ma ka mokupuni o Kauaʻi. Aia ma waena o ka moku o Puna, ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina, a me Haleleʻa, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau. 

Description

The district of Koʻolau, on the northeast side of the island, occupies a narrow strip between the sea and the ridge named Makaleha, “eyes that glance upward.” Part of the area is dry, yet all of Koʻolau receives adequate rainfall for dryland farming. Small streams, mainly fed by springs offered only enough water for a limited number of taro fields. The shore is lined by many bays and reefs, which provided rich sources of food. The district’s name, koʻolau, “windward,” occurs on many other Polynesian islands and designates the side of the island that faces the trade winds. (Wichman)

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho iā “Koʻolau (Kauaʻi)” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka moku o Koʻolau ma ka mokupuni o Kauaʻi. No nā moku ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo Koʻolau, e koho i ka huaʻōlelo pili i kēlā moku a mokupuni ponoʻī. 

Instructions

Use for the moku of Koʻolau on the island of Kauaʻi. Not to be confused with the Koʻolau districts on the islands of Molokaʻi, Maui, and Oʻahu.

Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy 

Kanaka | Person: Lāʻieikawai

Hana | Practice: Mahiʻai

Kūmole | Source(s)

“Koʻolau,” Inoa ʻĀina Hawaiʻi Database, Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library.

Pukui, Mary Kawena. ’Olelo No’eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings. Honolulu, Hawai’i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.

Wichman, Frederick B. Kauaʻi : Ancient Place-Names and Their Stories. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 1998.

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Ko’olau District: (Anahola, ‘Aliomanu, Pāpa’a, Moloa’a, Lepeuli, Waipakē, Pīla’a, Waiakalua, Kāhili, Kīlauea), Koolau, outlaw : a story about the Na Pali coast, Kauai

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