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Hawaiian
Etymology
poli (“bosom”) + ʻahu (“garment”), literally “clothed bosom”, as the snow cloak of Mauna Kea.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Poliʻahu
- (Hawaiian mythology) a snow goddess of Mauna Kea
- a female or (sometimes) male given name from Hawaiian
References
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, pages 396-397.
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Poliahu (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 2 women and 6 men, all of them on the Big Island.