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Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Template:haw-proper noun
- (Hawaiian mythology) A trickster god who pushed up the sky and fished up the Hawaiian islands.
- (astronomy) A star near the Pleiades.
- a male given name from Hawaiian, sometimes also given to women.
References
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Maui (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name of 5 women and 19 men.