Kaumualiʻi
iʻoa | proper noun / Ka-umu-aliʻi /- Coconut grove area in the Wailua River State Park, Līhuʻe district, Kauaʻi, probably named for the Kauaʻi chief who gave Vancouver hogs and yams and took in exchange the name George, in honor of the British king and who became ruling chief of Kauaʻi in 1794 (RC 162, 169).
- Street, Kalihi Kai, Honolulu, Oʻahu, named for Solomon Kama Kaumualiʻi, a descendant of Kaumualiʻikālualoaokeōuakuahuʻula (the royal oven long baked the rainy cloud [of the] sacred altar), better known as Keōua. The long commemorative name was given Keōua after he was killed by Keʻeaumoku, father-in-law of Kamehameha I.
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