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Mauna Lahilahi is a small eroded mountain located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu near Mākaha town. It has an elevation of 230 ft (70 m). [1]Its name means “thin mountain” in the Hawaiian language, [2] although the “Lahilahi” part was named after Chief Lahilahi, who ruled over the Mākaha area.
Lani in the Hawaiian language means "heaven", and in some cases, "sky". [1] The word is derived from Proto-Polynesian *raŋi. [2] Lani is a relatively common name in the Hawaiian language. Last Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani, had a name including the term lani.
The Queen's Prayer, or in Hawaiian Ke Aloha O Ka Haku. It was published as Liliʻuokalani's Prayer, with the Hawaiian title and English translation ("The Lord's Mercy") now commonly called "The Queen's Prayer". [35] It is a famous mele, composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani, March 22, 1895, while she was under house arrest at ʻIolani Palace.
Liliʻuokalani and her siblings are recognized by the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame as Na Lani ʻEhā (The Heavenly Four) for their patronage and enrichment of Hawaii's musical culture and history. [ 207 ] [ 208 ] In 2007, Honolulu magazine rated "Aloha ʻOe" as the greatest song in the history of Hawaiian music. [ 195 ]
Hawaiʻi Nickname: The Big Island, Moku o Keawe, The Orchid Isle Landsat mosaic, 1999–2001 Location in the state of Hawaii Geography Location North Pacific Ocean Coordinates Area 4,028 sq mi (10,430 km 2) Area rank Largest Hawaiian Island Highest elevation 13,803 ft (4207.2 m) Highest point Mauna Kea Administration United States State of Hawaiʻi County of Hawaiʻi Symbols Flower Red Pua ...
After the festivities, all the entered leis will be placed on 100 kapa mats at Mauna Ala, a burial site for Hawaiian royalty, as an offering at night. Kaho‘ano will be the one to pick the first ...
Like all Hawaiian volcanoes, Mauna Loa was created as the Pacific tectonic plate moved over the Hawaii hotspot in the Earth's underlying mantle. [10] The Hawaii island volcanoes are the most recent evidence of this process that, over 70 million years, has created the 3,700 mi (6,000 km)-long Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. [11]
Mualani (also called Muolani or simply Mua; lani = "heaven/sky" in Hawaiian) was a Hawaiian High Chiefess who lived on the island of Oahu and was a Princess of Koʻolau. She was a daughter of Princess Hinakaimauliʻawa of Koʻolau, [1] who was Chief Kalehenui's daughter. [2] [3] [4] Mualani's father was called Kahiwakaʻapu.