Kanaloa
Kanaloa is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin meaning “the great peace, the unconfined.” Kanaloa is one of the four great Hawaiian gods, ruler of the ocean and all its creatures.
how do you pronounce Kanaloa?
kah-nah-LOH-ah
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what does Kanaloa mean?
The name Kanaloa means “the great peace, the unconfined.” It comes from the Hawaiian language tradition.
Kanaloa is one of the four great Hawaiian gods, ruler of the ocean and all its creatures. He is the god of the deep sea, the underworld, and long-distance navigation, embodying the Hawaiian mastery of ocean voyaging that brought Polynesian settlers across thousands of miles of open Pacific.
who are famous people named Kanaloa?
- Kanaloa (one of the four major Hawaiian gods)
- Kaho'olawe (island also known as Kanaloa)
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