Hawaiian noun · Land
hānau ʻāina
Pronunciation: /hah-now ah-ee-nah/
Meaning
Birth land, homeland
Example sentences
Aloha ʻoe i kou hānau ʻāina, ʻo Hawaiki ka inoa.
Greetings to you in your birth land, Hawaiki is the name.
Nui ke aloha o ka poʻe no ko lākou hānau ʻāina haʻaheo.
Great is the love of the people for their proud birth land.
E hoʻi mau ana au i koʻu hānau ʻāina ma kekahi lā.
I will always return to my birth land someday.
About this word
“hānau ʻāina” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Birth land, homeland. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Land. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.