Kauaʻi
ʻO Kauaʻi (ʻōlelo ʻia [kauˈaʔi] ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi maʻamau; [tauˈaʔi] ma ka ʻano ʻōlelo Kauaʻi-Niʻihau; /ˈkaʊɑɪ/ or /kaʊˈɑɪ/ a pela ʻia Kauai mawaho o nā mokupuni Hawaiʻi) ka mokupuni kahiko loa o nā mokupuni o Hawaiʻi. He 552.3 kapuaʻi kuea (1,430.5 km²) ka nui o Kauaʻi. ʻOia ka mokupuni ʻehā-nui loa o nā mokupuni ʻano nui ma ka paeʻāina Hawaiʻi, a ka mokupuni ʻiwakāluakūmākahi-nui loa ma ka ʻAmelika Hui. Kapakapa ʻia iā "Garden Isle". Aia he 105 mile (170 kilomekele) o ke kōwā Kauaʻi mawaena o Kauaʻi a ʻo Oʻahu. ʻO Kawaikini ka wahi luna loa o ka mokupuni mauna (he 5,243 kapuaʻi ka luna). ʻO ka mauna Waiʻaleʻale ka wahi ʻelua-luna loa, (he 5,148 kapuaʻi ka luna). ʻO ua mauna la kekahi wahi pulu ūmiukūhacai loa ma ka Honua, me ka ua ʻawelika naʻēimahana makahiki o he 460 ʻīniha (11,700 mm). ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka manaʻo kapakapa o Kauaʻi.
He ʻōmuku kēia mea Hawai‘i. Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, e kōkua mai i ka holomua ʻana i kēia mea. |