Hawaii Place Names: Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites

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Hawai‘i Place Names Kailua Beach, Kailua, O‘ahu. North end of Kailua’s famous 2.5 mile-long beach. Hawai‘i Place Names Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites John R. K. Clark A university of hawai‘i press Honolulu © 2002 University of Hawai‘i Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 07 06 05 04 03 02 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Clark, John R. K., 1946– Hawai‘i place names : shores, beaches, and surf sites / John R. K. Clark. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0–8248–2451–2 (alk. paper) 1. Names, Geographical—Hawaii. 2. Hawaii—Gazetteers. 3. Hawaiian language—Etymology—Names—Dictionaries. 4. Hawaii— History, Local. I. Title. DU622 .C546 2002 919.69'001'4—dc21 2001037027 University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acidfree paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. Designed by Santos B. Barbasa All photos © 2001 Mike Waggoner. All rights reserved. Printed by Versa Press, Inc. For my parents, who started me on my journey with a love of the ocean and a Hawaiian sense of place. Aloha ‘ia no ka huaka‘i mai ka hikina i Kumukahi i ka welona i Lehua, Ho‘i mai ka mana‘o i na mo‘olelo o na pana o ke kai. Beloved is the journey from the sunrise at Kumukahi to the sunset at Lehua, Our thoughts return to the stories of the famous places of the sea. ...