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The following is a list of the islands in Hawaii. The state of Hawaii, consisting of the Hawaiian Islands, has the fourth-longest ocean coastline of the 50 states (after Alaska, Florida, and California) at 750 miles (1,210 km). It is the only state that consists entirely of islands, with 6,422.62 sq mi (16,634.5 km 2) of land.
Ahu A ʻUmi Heiau means "shrine at the temple of ʻUmi" in the Hawaiian Language. [2] It is also spelled "ahu-a-Umi", or known as Ahua A ʻUmi Heiau , which would mean "mound of ʻUmi". It was built for ʻUmi-a-Liloa , often called ʻUmi, who ruled the island of Hawaiʻi early in the 16th century.
The translation of "gathering place" was suggested as recently as 1922 by Hawaiian Almanac author Thomas Thrum. Thrum possibly ignored or misplaced the ʻokina because the Hawaiian phrase "ʻo ahu" could be translated as "gathering of objects" (ʻo is a subject marker and ahu means "to gather"). The term Oʻahu has no other confirmed meaning in ...
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Ahupuaʻa is derived from Hawaiian language ahu, meaning “heap” or “cairn,” and puaʻa, pig. The boundary markers for ahupuaʻa were traditionally heaps of stones used to put offers, often a pig, to the island chief. Each ahupuaʻa was divided into smaller sections called ʻili, and the ʻili were divided into kuleana.
Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau, near Hāna on Maui Pu'u O Mahuka Heiau Heiau, Mānoa Heritage Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2022-1025 An illustration of a heiau at Kealakekua Bay at the time of James Cook's third voyage, by William Ellis. A heiau (/ ˈ h eɪ. aʊ /) is a Hawaiian temple. Made in different architectural styles depending upon their purpose ...
A minority of parents have started giving nothing but Hawaiian names to their children. In births registered on Oʻahu 2001–2002, about 25% of girls and 15% of boys received at least one Hawaiian name. Names with negative meaning have disappeared in this sample, and the unisex quality is waning.
Hawaiian vocabulary often overlaps with other Polynesian languages, such as Tahitian, so it is not always clear which of those languages a term is borrowed from. The Hawaiian orthography is notably different from the English orthography because there is a special letter in the Hawaiian alphabet, the ʻokina .