What does Waiākea mean & how is it pronounced?Updated 3 years ago
Waiākea, which means “broad waters” in Hawaiian, gets its name from the ancient subdivision (ahupua’a) in Hilo on the Big Island, which gets almost 360 days of rain each year. It is pronounced ‘why-uh-kay-uh’, or phonetically spelled ‘way-ә-ke-ә’.