Hinakaimauliʻawa (also spelled as Hina-kai-mauli-ʻawa) was an

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an High Chiefess, a

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of Koʻolau Range on the island of

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. She was a member of the royal house of

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, who was of Tahitian ancestry, and also the first cousin of very High Chiefess

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. Her parents were Chief Kalehenui of Koʻolau and his spouse, Chiefess Kahinao (Kahinalo). Hinakaimauliʻawa is their only known child mentioned in the chants and was named after

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. Hinakaimauliʻawa married a man named Kahiwakapu (Ka-hiwa-ka-ʻapu), whose parents are unknown. The only known child of Hinakaimauliʻawa and her husband was Princess

Mualani Mualani (also called Muolani or simply Mua; ''lani'' = "heaven/sky" in Hawaiian) was a Hawaiian High Chiefess who lived on the island of Oahu and was a Princess of Koʻolau. She was a daughter of Princess Hinakaimauliʻawa of Koʻolau, who was ...

of Koʻolau, a successor of her mother.Family tree of Hinakaimauliawa
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