Nuʻuanu

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Hawaiian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From nuʻu (“height”) + anu (“cool”) = "chilly heights".

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nu.ʔuˈa.nu/, [nu.ʔuˈwɐ.nu]

Proper noun[edit]

Nuʻuanu

  1. Nuuanu (a cliff, valley and stream in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)
  2. a male given name from Hawaiian, sometimes also given to women

References[edit]

  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert - Esther T. Mookini, Place Names of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press 1974
  • Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Nuuanu (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 12 women and 25 men.
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