Koʻolau (Molokaʻi)

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Koʻolau (Molokaʻi)

Hiʻona ʻāina: Moku

Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi: Hālawa; Kaiamiki; Kalaupapa; Kalawao; Kīloa; Makanalua; Pelekunu; Waikolu; Wailau; Wawaeolepe

Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi: Molokaʻi

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

He moku kēia ma ka mokupuni o Molokaʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau hikina. Aia ʻo Hālawa, he ahupuaʻa kaulana no ka nui o ka mahiʻai kalo, ma kēia moku. Aia ma Kalawao a me Kalaupapa kahi i hoʻouna nui ʻia nā poʻe maʻi lepera ma ka wā o Kamehameha V. Ma Kalaupapa ka lua pele ʻo Kauhakō. 

Description

The Koolau district included the north side of the island from Kalaupapa east to Halawa. Abolished in 1859. Cf. Kona. (Catalog of Hawaiʻi Place Names)

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho iā “Koʻolau (Molokaʻi)” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka moku o Koʻolau ma ka mokupuni o Molokaʻi wale nō. No nā ʻāina i kapa ʻia ʻo Koʻolau ma nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe, e koho i ka inoa pili i kēlā moku ponoʻī.

Instructions

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

Moʻokūʻauhau

Akua: Pele; Hiʻiakaikapoliopele; Haumea; ʻAiʻai

Hana: Mahiʻai kalo; Lawaiʻa; Hana kapa; Laʻau lapaʻau; Heʻe hōlua; Heʻe nalu

Kūmole

“Moku of Koʻolau,” Kīpuka Database, Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

“Northeast Molokaʻi (Koʻolau Moku),” Williams, Julie Stewart, and Robin Yoko. Racoma. Molokaʻi : Where I Live. Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press, 2006.

Soehren, Lloyd J. A Catalog of Hawaiʻi Place Names : Compiled from the Records of the Boundary Commission and the Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Honokaa, HI: L.J. Soehren, 2005.

Applied to: Archaeological inventory survey of TMK: (2)-5-9-005:007 and 081 in Wailau Valley, Hālawa Ahupuaʻa, Koʻolau District, island of Molokaʻi, Planning the future at Kalaupapa

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