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mānā

/ mā.nā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vs. Arid; desert.

  • References:
    • Cf. Mānā, place on Kauaʻi.

2. n. A native fern (Pteris irregularis), with large, bright-green, much-subdivided fronds.

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Mānā

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Land division, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi; land divisions and home of the owners of the Parker Ranch, Wai-piʻo qd., Hawaiʻi. Dry western end of Kauaʻi, where an older sister of Pele, Nā-maka-o-Kahaʻi (the eyes of Kahaʻi), introduced the kaunaʻoa dodder. (Ii 150; PH 159; UL 79.) Lit., arid.

Mānā

WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Plain, Mānā, Kauaʻi. Coastal plain from Kekaha to Polihale fronted by a calcareous sand beach approximately 15 miles long, one of the longest beaches in Hawaiʻi. The cliff along the inner edge of the plain is an ancient sea cliff and the composition of the plain is a combination of lagoon deposits, calcareous beach and dune sand, and alluvium. Lit., arid.

Fern (Pteris irregularis) found on all islands usually in woods and deep gullies. Mānā is its Oʻahu name.

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