Hualani

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Hualani
Spouse Kanipahu
Issue Kalahumoku I
Kanaloa?
FatherLaniaiku
Mother Kamauliwahine

Hualani (hua lani [1] = "heavenly fruit") [2] was a High Chiefess of Molokai [3] in ancient Hawaii.

Hualani‘s parents were Chiefess Kamauliwahine and Laniaiku. [4]

When Hualani discovered that a man named Kanipahu was a chief, she married him. Kanipahu and Hualani’s son was Kalahumoku I.

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References

  1. Hawaiian pronunciation: HOOH-AH-LAH-NEEH
  2. Hawaiian given names
  3. According to one chronology, Hualani was born c. 1076 on Molokaʻi.
  4. Hualani's family