Hawai‘i Place Names
Hawai‘i Place Names: Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites
JOHN R. K. CLARK
Copyright Date: 2002
Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
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Hawai‘i Place Names
Book Description:

In his latest book, John Clark, author of the highly regarded "Beaches of Hawaii" series, gives us the many captivating stories behind the hundreds of Hawaii place names associated with the ocean--the names of shores, beaches, and other sites where people fish, swim, dive, surf, and paddle. Significant features and landmarks on or near shores, such as fishponds, monuments, shrines, reefs, and small islands, are also included. The names of surfing sites are the most numerous and among the most colorful: from the purely descriptive (Black Rock, Blue Hole) to the humorous (No Can Tell, Pray for Sex). Clark began gathering information for the "Beaches" series in 1972, and during the years that followed interviewed hundreds of informants, many of them native Hawaiians, and consulted dozens of Hawaiian reference books, newspapers, and maps. A significant amount of the oral history he collected was unrecorded and remained only in his notebooks and memory. Hawaii Place Names: Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites is the final result of those years of research, and like its popular predecessors, it benefits substantially from Clark's having spent a lifetime surfing and swimming Hawaii's beaches.

eISBN: 978-0-8248-6278-7
Subjects: History, Linguistics
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-viii)
  3. PREFACE
    PREFACE (pp. ix-xiv)
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. xv-xxiv)
  5. Glossary
    • A
      A (pp. 3-20)
    • B
      B (pp. 21-36)
    • C
      C (pp. 37-56)
    • D
      D (pp. 57-64)
    • E
      E (pp. 65-68)
    • F
      F (pp. 69-78)
    • G
      G (pp. 79-84)
    • H
      H (pp. 85-118)
    • I
      I (pp. 119-124)
    • J
      J (pp. 125-130)
    • K
      K (pp. 131-204)
    • L
      L (pp. 205-222)
    • M
      M (pp. 223-256)
    • N
      N (pp. 257-266)
    • O
      O (pp. 267-276)
    • P
      P (pp. 277-318)
    • Q
      Q (pp. 319-322)
    • R
      R (pp. 323-334)
    • S
      S (pp. 335-352)
    • T
      T (pp. 353-364)
    • U
      U (pp. 365-368)
    • V
      V (pp. 369-370)
    • W
      W (pp. 371-392)
    • X
      X (pp. 393-394)
    • Y
      Y (pp. 395-396)
    • Z
      Z (pp. 397-400)
  6. REFERENCES
    REFERENCES (pp. 401-412)
  7. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 413-416)
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