Hualani Explained

Hualani
Father:Laniaiku
Mother:Kamauliwahine
Spouse:Kanipahu
Issue:Kalahumoku I
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Hualani (hua lani[1] = "heavenly fruit")[2] was a High Chiefess of Molokai[3] in ancient Hawaii.

Hualani‘s parents were Chiefess Kamauliwahine and Laniaiku.[4]

When Hualani discovered that a man named Kanipahu was a chief, she married him. Kanipahu and Hualani’s son was Kalahumoku I.

Notes and References

  1. Hawaiian pronunciation: HOOH-AH-LAH-NEEH
  2. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Hawaiian_given_names Hawaiian given names
  3. According to one chronology, Hualani was born c. 1076 on Molokaʻi.
  4. http://www.kekoolani.org/Pages/Kekoolani%20Genealogy%20Database%20(PAF)/pafg15.htm#163C Hualani's family