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Also known as the Hawaiian hoary bat [10] Mammal ʻĪlioholoikauaua [a] Neomonachus schauinslandi: Also known as the Hawaiian monk seal [11] Marine mammal Koholā [a] Megaptera novaeangliae: Also known as the humpback whale [12] Microbe: Koʻohonua ʻili akia Flavobacterium akiainvivens (proposed) [13] [14] Plant Kalo Colocasia esculenta (L ...
The Hawaiian song, "May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii" was composed in 1927 by Ruth and Leonard "Red" Hawk. [16] At the 81st Annual Mayor's Lei Day Celebration at Kapiolani Park in 2008, Honolulu set the record for the World's Longest Lei. Unofficially, the lei measured 5,336 feet (1,626 m) in length, more than a mile. [17]
Each island has its own symbol that is composed of a color and a flower. Hawaii (the big island) is red, Maui is pink, Oahu is yellow, Molokai is green, Lanai is orange, Kahoolawe is gray, Kauai is purple, and Niihau is white. In the same order the flowers are lehua, lokelani, 'ilima, kukui, kauna'oa, hinahina, mokihana, and a pupu shell.
Stephanotis floribunda syn. S. jasminoides, the Madagascar jasmine, waxflower, Hawaiian wedding flower, or bridal wreath is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to Madagascar. It is a twining, sparsely branched liana that can measure up to 6 m in length.
Aloha (/ ə ˈ l oʊ h ɑː / ə-LOH-hah, Hawaiian:) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a greeting. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians , for whom the term is used to define a force that holds together existence.
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State federal district or territory Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Camellia (state flower) Camellia japonica: 1959 (clarified 1999) [1] Oak-leaf hydrangea
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