Niu Valley Community Association

Niu ("Coconut") Valley Street Name Meanings

from Place Names of Hawai?‘i by Pukui, Elbert & Mookini

‘Anolani Street and Place – Chief-like nature.

‘Anolike Street – Similar.

‘?‚nonia Street – Passive/imperative of anoni (to mix, interweave, intertwine).

Halaki Street – To go off course, miss the way.

Halep?¢ Place – Cupboard, safe, Lit., dish house.

Haleola Street and Place – Named for Haleola Hart, Jr., the only grandson of Edmund and Annie Love Hart, Lit., healing house.

Halekamani Street – Kamani tree house.

Halema‘uma‘u Street and Place – Fern house.

Hawai‘i Loa Street – Long (or distant) Hawai‘i.

H?´?‘ihi Place – Sacred.

Kalaniana‘ole Highway – Named for Prince Jonah K?»hi?´ Kalaniana‘ole, Hawaii's second delegate to Congress. He was the youngest of three sons of Kauai High Chief David Kahalepouli Piikoi and Princess Kinoiki Kekaulike. He served as the Territory of Hawaii's delegate to the U.S. Congress from 1903 to 1921. Kuhio was known as the "Citizen Prince" and was in line to become king before the monarchy was overthrown in 1893. He died of heart disease on January 7, 1922, at the age of 50 and was buried at the royal mausoleum in Nuuanu Valley on Oahu. Kuhio is best remembered for his successful effort to get Congress to pass the 1920 Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, which provides homesteads for native Hawaiians. Lit., the royal chief without measure.

K?¢n?¢‘?» Street – The yellow gardenia.

Kawaiku‘i Street and Place – Named for an ancient spring in Niu Valley. Also, a place near South Point, Hawai‘i where Kamehameha ordered a kahuna to try to get water (wai); the kahuna pounded (ku‘i) the earth to no avail, and he was hanged for his failure. Lit., the water that stings.

K ?» paua Place – Upright clam.

M?¢maki Street - Small native tree.

Mahimahi Street – Dolphin.

Niuiki Circle – Small coconut.

Pani‘o Street – Smooth.

Pia Street and Place – Arrowroot, starch.

Puam?¢mane Street – Flower tree which thrives at high altitudes.

Ulua Street – Jack Fish or Sweetheart man, especially in love songs.