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n., Ancient age, era, epoch.

• Examples:
  • I ke auhonua hānau o Papa i kēia mau moku, in the ancient time Papa gave birth to these islands.
  • I ke auhonua o nā Kaikala, in the age of the Caesars.
• References:
  • See mauliauhonua.

s. Au, time, and honua, earth. The time of the earth, i. e., as long as the world has stood, of old time, from the beginning.

1. A considerable period marked off by some important event or special characteristics, as the creation of the earth, or the life period of some eminent person; an age; an era or epoch: I ke auhonua o na Kaisara ua hiki aku i ka nuu ka mana o Roma, in the age of the Caesars the power of Rome had reached its culminating point.

2. The starting point in space, time, action, or being; commencement; origin; beginning. I ke auhonua hanau o Papa i keia mau moku, in the beginning Papa gave birth to these islands. See kinohi.