Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Historically, Kalihi Kai was the site of the former Leprosy Receiving Station, where those suspected of leprosy were examined prior to treatment or being sent to Kalaupapa on the island of Molokaʻi. Kalihi was also known for its fishponds – ʻĀpili, Pahouiki, Pahounui, ʻAuiki, and Ananoho – near the present Sand Island Access Road (Route ...
The southern part of this point is sometimes referred to as Kalihi Point. [4] [5] The Ahupuaʻa (ancient name of the community in this area) was Kalaoa, still used by the census. The site includes a house platform, a walled enclosure, a debris pile with volcanic glass and marine shells, and a larger wall. [6]
Kalihiwai Bridge, Kuhio Highway 56, Kauai, Hawaii. Kalihiwai is located on the north shore of the island of Kauai at (22.216269, -159.418705 It is bordered to the east by Kilauea and to the west by Princeville.
To the northwest is the neighborhood of Kalihi, and to the southeast downtown Honolulu. The Kapalama Military Reservation, constructed for logistical support in World War II was scheduled to close. [7] A museum has been proposed in a building that served as a morgue during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. [8]
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (abbreviated AHD) uses a phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet to transcribe the pronunciation of spoken English. It and similar respelling systems, such as those used by the Merriam-Webster and Random House dictionaries, are familiar to US schoolchildren.
Kahaluʻu (/ ˌ k ɑː h ə ˈ l uː ʔ uː /; Hawaiian pronunciation: [ˈkɐhɐˈluʔu]) is a residential community and census-designated place (CDP) in the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, in the District of Koolaupoko on the island of Oahu. In Hawaiian kaha luʻu means "diving place".
Located in the Kalihi Valley neighborhood community, it once served the immigrant Portuguese pineapple and sugarcane plantation laborers of the early 20th century. They dedicated their church to Nossa Sanhora do Monte or Our Lady of the Mount , in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary .
Kapolei, the Second City on Oahu, is named after Kapo, meaning "Beloved Kapo". "Kohelepelepe (Volcanic crater; O'ahu.) is named after the human body part "Labia Minora".It is an imprint said to have been left here by the flying vulva and vagina of Kapo ...; this name was ... changed—perhaps in missionary days—to the current name Koko ...