Inoa | Name(s)

Niʻihau

Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Mokupuni 

Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Kona (Niʻihau); Pānīʻau

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. Kapa ʻia kēia mokupuni ʻo Niʻihau a Kahelelani, no ke aliʻi kaulana o kēia mokupuni. ʻO kekahi mea, ʻO Kahelelani ka inoa o ka pūpū kaulana loa o kēia mokupuni. Wahi a ka mele koʻihonua, “ʻO Wākea Noho iā Papahānaumoku”, he keiki kēia mokupuni na Wākea lāua ʻo Papahānaumoku. ʻO Pānīʻau ke kuahiwi nui o Niʻihau. Kūʻai aku ʻia kēia mokupuni holoʻokoʻa e ka ʻohana Robinson. Mālama ʻia ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma Niʻihau, a aia kekahi o nā mānaleo hope loa o ka wā kahiko e noho ana ma laila.

Description

Island in Kauaʻi County, 18 miles long, 6 miles wide, with an area of 73 square miles and a 1970 population of 237. Major village is Puʻuwai. (Place Names of Hawaii)

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

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

Instructions

Use for the island of Niʻihau.

Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy

ʻOhana | Family: Ohana Kahelelani; ʻOhana Robinson

Kanaka | Person: ʻAnakē Lolena Nicholas; ʻAnakē Tuti Kanahele

Hana | Practice: Hana lei pūpū; ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi; Hānai holoholona

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.

Nā Loea: The Masters | Lolena Nicholas: Lolena’s Legacy. OiwiTV Youtube Channel.

“Niʻihau,” 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. 

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

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Nā Leo o ke Kula Niʻihau o Kekaha; Niʻihau a brief history; Niihau : ka noho ana o ka poe Hawaii o keia manawa a me ka pono waiwai no ka nee hou ana aku, Pūpū ʻo Niʻihau = Shell leis of Niʻihau

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