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Waimea County Council Empowering Act
Waimea is a common place name in Hawaii and New Zealand. In Hawaiian language, Hawaiian, it means reddish water; in Māori language, Māori it means forgotten or hidden stream. It may refer to: Places Hawaii, United States *Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii, (Big Island, post office "Kamuela") **Waimea-Kohala Airport, Hawaii County *Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii *Waimea Bay, Oahu *Waimea Canyon State Park, Kauai *Waimea Ditch, Kauai *Waimea River (Kauai) *Waimea River (Oahu) *Waimea Valley, Oahu New Zealand *Waimea Inlet, Tasman Bay *Waimea Plain (Southland) *Waimea Plains (Tasman) **Waimea (New Zealand electorate), historic electorate **Waimea-Picton, historic electorate **Waimea-Sounds (New Zealand electorate), historic electorate *Waimea River (Southland) *Waimea River (Tasman) Schools *Waimea College, Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand *Waimea High School, Kauai, Hawaii *Waimea Intermediate, Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand Flora and fauna *''Perrottetia sandwicensis'' (common name Waimea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaiian Language
Hawaiian (', ) is a Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the US state of Hawaii. King Kamehameha III established the first Hawaiian-language constitution in 1839 and 1840. For various reasons, including territorial legislation establishing English as the official language in schools, the number of native speakers of Hawaiian gradually decreased during the period from the 1830s to the 1950s. Hawaiian was essentially displaced by English on six of seven inhabited islands. In 2001, native speakers of Hawaiian amounted to less than 0.1% of the statewide population. Linguists were unsure if Hawaiian and other endangered languages would survive. Nevertheless, from around 1949 to the present day, there has been a gradual increase in attention to and promotion of the language. Public Hawaiian-langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
