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Hawaiian
Etymology
From nuʻu (“height”) + anu (“cool”) = "chilly heights".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nuʻuanu
- Nuuanu (a cliff, valley and stream in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)
- 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.