Kaua`I
Gathered here are the delightful stories behind the place-names of ancient Kaua`i. Over a period of almost two thousand years, each ridge mountain, valley, and stream was named, as were unusual rocks, groves of trees - every corner of the island on which people lived and worked. The names tied people to the land and to places where mauli ola, the sacred essence of life, was to be found. Today these names serve as colorful windows on the past, telling of the rich and wondrous heritage of the people of Kaua`i Kuapapa.

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