Inoa | Name(s)
Moloka’i; Molokai; Molokaʻinuiahina; Molokaʻi Pule ʻŌʻō
Hiʻona ʻāina: Mokupuni
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi: Kona (Molokaʻi); Koʻolau (Molokaʻi); Kamakou
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi: Pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi; Maui Nui
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. Hoʻopuka ʻia he ʻelua puana no kēia wahi, ʻO Molokaʻi a me Molokai nā mea i lohe nui ʻia. Wahi a kekahi moʻokūʻauhau ʻo Hina ka makuahine o Molokaʻi, a ma kekahi mele koʻihonua ʻO Wākea lāua ʻo Hoʻohōkūkalani nā mākua o Molokaʻi. ʻO Kamakou ke kuahiwi nui o kēia mokupuni. He ʻekolu mau kai e puni ana kēia mokupuni ʻO Kalohi ke kai ma waena o Molokaʻi a me Lānaʻi, ʻO Pailolo ke kai ma waena o Molokaʻi a me Maui a ʻO Kaiwi ke kai ma waena o Molokaʻi a me Oʻahu. ʻO Kalaupapa a me Kalawao, ma ka lae ʻo Makanalua, kekahi mau wahi kaulana o kēia ʻāina no ka hoʻouna nui ʻana o nā poʻe maʻi lepera o ka wā o ke aupuni Hawaiʻi i ia wahi. ʻO Kalamaʻula ma Molokaʻi ka ʻāina hoʻopulapula mua i hoʻonoho ʻia e Kūhiō. ʻO ka lau kukui kekahi meakanu i hoʻohanohano nui ʻia no Molokaʻi.
Description
Island, 38 miles long, 10 miles wide, 261 square miles in area, and having a 1970 population of 5,261. District, forest reserve, lighthouse, high school, airport, and hospital. Poetic names are Molokaʻi nui a Hina (great Molokaʻi, child of Hina) and Molokaʻi pule oʻo (Molokaʻi, powerful prayer). In legends Hina was the mother of Molokaʻi. The island was noted for sorcery and sports. (Elbert and Mahoe 78-79.) (Place Names of Hawaii)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Molokaʻi” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka mokupuni ʻo Molokaʻi.
Instructions
Use for resources about the entire the island of Molokaʻi. For resources about a smaller area, refer to the terms in Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Kanaka | Person: George Helm; Walter Ritte; Lanikaula
Hana: Hula; ʻAha makahiki
Kūmole | Source(s)
“Molokaʻi,” Hawaii Statewde GIS system (website).
Hoʻopili ʻia I | Applied to: Hawaiian fishpond study: islands of Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, and Hawaiʻi, The coral reef of south Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi; portrait of a sediment-threatening fringing reef
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai