Inoa | Name(s)
Lāhainā; Lele; Honoapiilani
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Moku
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Aki; Hahakea; Halakaʻa; Hanakaʻōʻō; Kahua; Kapunakea; Kauaʻula; Koʻoka; Kuholilea; Kuhua; Kuʻia, Launiupoko; Moaliʻi; Mākila; Olowalu; Panaʻewa; Paunau; Pola Iki; Pola Nui; Puʻuiki; Pāhoa; Pūehuehuiki; Pūehuehunui; Pūʻou, Ukumehame; Wahikuli; Waineʻe
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Maui
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He moku kēia ma ka mokupuni o Maui. Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana hema o ka mokupuni, ma kahi kokoke o ka moku o Pūʻali Komohana, a me ka moku o Kāʻanapali. Kapa pū ʻia kēia wahi ʻo ia ʻo Lele, e like me kēia ʻōlelo noʻeau: ” Lahaina, i ka malu ʻulu o Lele.” Pili pū kēia ʻōlelo pōkole no ka ʻulu i hoʻomalu i ka ʻāina o Lahaina. No ka ua o kēia wahi, ʻōlelo ʻia ” Keikei Lahaina i ka ua Paʻūpili” no ka hoʻopulu ʻana i ka mauʻu pili i ka ua, a me ka nani o kēia moku.
Description
District, quadrangle, town, roadstead, West Maui, formerly the gathering place for whalers, and the capital of the Islands from 1820 to 1845. Surfing sites on both sides of the harbor are known as Lahaina Lefts and Lahaina Rights. (Place Names of Hawaii)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Lāhainā” no ka moku o kēia inoa ma ka mokupuni o Maui a me ka mokupuni o Lānaʻi
Instructions
Use for the moku called Lāhainā on the island of Maui and includes the island of Lānaʻi.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Pele
Kanaka | Person: David Malo; Piʻilani; Kihawahine; Kaululāʻau; Keopuolani; Kaʻahumanu; Hoapili
Hana | Practice: Mahiʻai ʻUala; Lawaiʻa
Kūmole | Source(s)
“Lāhainā,” Inoa ʻĀina Hawaiʻi Database, Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library.
Pata, Cody Pueo. ʻOhuʻohu Nā Mauna o ʻEʻeka : Place Names of Maui Komohana. Lahaina, Maui, Hawai’i: North Beach-West Maui Benefit Fund Inc., 2022.
Pukui, Mary Kawena. ’Olelo No’eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings. Honolulu, Hawai’i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.
Sterling, Elspeth P. Sites of Maui. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1998.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Lahaina historical guide : describing the landmarks of its days as playground of the Alii, capital of the Hawaiian kingdom, anchorage of the Pacific whaling fleet, producer of sugar and pineapple, Mokuʻula : history and archaeological excavations at the private palace of King Kamehameha III in Lahaina, Maui
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai