Apr
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2006
| What does Ninole mean? |
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| Thursday, 13 April 2006 | |
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From "Place Names of Hawaii":
Nīnole.
Land section and village, Honomū qd.; land section, homesteads,
village, cove, and gulch, Honu-ʻapo qd., Hawaiʻi. There are freshwater
springs at the Nīnole in Honu-ʻapo; see Pū-hau. A cannibalistic moʻo,
Kaikapū (hag), lived at the Honu-ʻapo Nīnole; her pretty granddaughter
led travelers to her cave, where she ate them raw (HM 264). Lit., bending. |
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