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Nuʻuanu
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Hawaiian
Etymology
From haw nuʻu height + haw anu cool = "chilly heights".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
haw proper noun
haw a <<cliff>>, <<valley>> and <<stream>> in <<city/Honolulu>>, <<s/Hawaii>>, <<c/USA>> Nuuanu
haw male,female<q:sometimes> Hawaiian
References
Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert - Esther T. Mookini, Place Names of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press 1974
Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Nuuanu (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 12 women and 25 men.