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Oʻahu, along with the rest of the State of Hawaii, relies on tourism as a driving force of the local economy. [23] Popular tourists attractions include beaches such as Ala Moana Beach , Hanauma Bay , Kāneʻohe Bay , Ko Olina Beach Park , Waikīkī Beach , among others.
The following description of Hawaiian phonemes and their allophones is based on the experiences of the people who developed the Hawaiian alphabet, as described by Schütz, [2] and on the descriptions of Hawaiian pronunciation and phonology made by Lyovin, [3] and Elbert & Pukui. [4] [5] Some additional details on glottal consonants are found in ...
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono (Hawaiian pronunciation: [ˈuə ˈmɐw ke ˈɛə o kə ˈʔaːi.nə i kə ˈpo.no]) is a Hawaiian phrase, spoken by Kamehameha III, and adopted in 1959 as the state motto. [1] It is most commonly translated as "the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness."
ʻEwa Beach (/ ɛ v ə /) [2] or simply ʻEwa (Hawaiian pronunciation:) is a census-designated place (CDP) located in ʻEwa District and the City & County of Honolulu along the coast of Māmala Bay on the leeward side of Oʻahu in Hawaii. As of the 2010 Census, the CDP had a total population of 14,955. The U.S. postal code for ʻEwa Beach is 96706.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Hawaiian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hawaiian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
The ʻokina (Hawaiian pronunciation:) is the letter that transcribes the glottal stop consonant in Hawaiian.It does not have distinct uppercase and lowercase forms, and is represented electronically by the modifier letter turned comma: ʻ.
Honolulu (/ ˌ h ɒ n ə ˈ l uː l uː / ⓘ HOH-nuh-LOO-loo; [8] Hawaiian:) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean.It is the county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu, [a] and is the westernmost and southernmost major U.S. city. Honolulu is Hawaii's main ...
Kaʻaʻawa is located at (21.557050, -157.855148 Kaʻaʻawa is north of Kualoa and directly southeast of Kahana Bay. The next place beyond Kahana is Punaluʻu.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km 2). 0.81 square miles (2.1 km 2) of it is land, and 0.54 square miles (1.4 km 2) of it is water.