Inoa | Name(s)
Mauna Loa
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Mauna; Lua Pele
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Mokuʻāweoweo; Puʻu ʻEleʻele; Pōhaku Hanalei; Keʻāmuku
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Kaʻohe Mauka; 峾ܲ
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He kuahiwi kēia ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi. Koe ʻo Maunakea, ʻO Mauna Loa ke kuahiwi nui ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi. Aia ka lua pele ʻo Mokuʻāweoweo ma Maunaloa, ka home kaulana o ka wahine ʻai honua, ʻo ia hoʻi o Pelehonuamea.
Description
Active volcano, second highest mountain in Hawaiʻi, and probably the largest single mountain mass on earth, rising 13,677 feet above sea level and about 29,000 feet above its base on the ocean floor (Macdonald and Abbott 54); also quadrangle and trails, central Hawaiʻi. (Place Names of Hawaii)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Mauna Loa (Hawaiʻi)” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka mauna ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi. No nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka mauna ma Molokaʻi, e koho iā “Maunaloa (Molokaʻi)”
Instructions
Use for the mountain located on Hawaiʻi Island. Not to be confused with the mountain located on the island of Molokaʻi.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Pele
Kūmole | Source(s)
Soehren, Lloyd J. A Catalog of Hawaiʻi Place Names : Compiled from the Records of the Boundary Commission and the Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Honokaa, HI: L.J. Soehren, 2006.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: ,
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai