Nuʻuanu

Hawaiian

Etymology

From nuʻu (“height”) + anu (“cool”) = "chilly heights".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.ʔuˈa.nu/, [nu.ʔuˈwɐ.nu]

Proper noun

Nuʻuanu

1. Nuuanu (a cliff, valley and stream in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)
2. a male or (sometimes) female given name from Hawaiian

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert - Esther T. Mookini, Place Names of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press 1974
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Nuuanu (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 12 women and 25 men.