Piʻilaniwahine II (''piʻilani'' = "ascent to heaven", ''wahine'' = "woman/

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") was a

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an High Chiefess. She is known to us today from the old chants. Starr 010820-0040 Schefflera actinophylla

Piʻilaniwahine lived in

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. Piʻilaniwahine’s mother was Kekaikuʻihala I; Piʻilaniwahine’s father was Kalanikaumakaowākea.

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. ''Ka Nupepa Kuokoa''. "Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei". Translated by

Mary Kawena Pukui Mary Abigail Kawenaulaokalaniahiiakaikapoliopele Naleilehuaapele Wiggin Pukui (20 April 1895 – 21 May 1986), known as Kawena, was a Hawaiian scholar, author, composer, hula expert, and educator. Life Pukui was born on April 20, 1895, in her ...

. Piʻilaniwahine married twice. First she married Ahu-a-ʻI; their child was Queen

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of Hawaiʻi. Piʻilaniwahine's second husband was Moana. Their son was named Lono, after the god.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pi'ilaniwahine Royalty of Maui Hawaiian princesses