Etymology

Kamehameha

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Today it means: A male given name from Hawaiian, of historical usage, borne by several kings of Hawaii, most notably Kamehameha I. Full definition →

Hawaiian Kamehameha
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The story

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromKamehameha
  2. English todayKamehameha

From Hawaiian Kamehameha, itself a compound of ka (“the”, definite article) + mehameha (“lonely, solitary, silent”, with an emphasis on notions of taboo in the holy sense).

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