Kolokea
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
kolo (“to creep”) + kea (“white”) = "white creeping (mist)".
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kolokea
- Kolokea (a valley on island of Kauai, Hawaii, United States)
- a female given name from Hawaiian, also used as a spoken form of the English Dorothy
Related terms edit
References edit
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 185
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kolokea occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 1 man and 1 woman.