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Place Names of Hawaii - Hawaii Dictionary

By: Mary Kawena Pukui

...ndred thousand a million Hawaiians named taro patches, rocks and trees that represented deities and ancestors, sites of houses and heiau (places of worship), canoe landings, fishing stations in the sea, resting places in the forests, and the tiniest spots where miraculous or interesting events are believed to have taken place. And an important element—one virtually unkno...

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