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author: marco
categories:
- Hawaiian
date: "2006-04-13T15:50:40Z"
title: What does Ninole mean?
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 From *"Place Names of Hawaii"*:

 **<span>Nīnole</span>.** Land section and village, Honomū qd.; land section, homesteads, village, cove, and gulch, Honu-ʻapo qd., Hawaiʻi. There are freshwater springs at the Nīnole in Honu-ʻapo; see Pū-hau. A cannibalistic *moʻo,* Kaikapū (hag), lived at the Honu-ʻapo Nīnole; her pretty granddaughter led travelers to her cave, where she ate them raw (HM 264). *Lit.,* bending.