Etymology

Kāneʻohe Bay

Today it means: A gulf on the northeast coast of Oʻahu,, among the largest sheltered bays in Hawaii. Full definition →

Hawaiian Kāneʻohe
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The story

  1. Hawaiian · derived fromKāneʻohe
  2. English todayKāneʻohe Bay

From Hawaiian Kāneʻohe (literally “bamboo husband”).

Words from the same roots

HawaiianKāneʻohe all →

Kaneohe

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.