Hawaiian Word of the Day: September 11th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published September 11, 2024 at 12:00 AM HST

Manu means bird or any winged creature, even the wing of a kite. We have many kinds of beautiful manu in Hawaiʻi, many of them found only in Hawaiʻi, and threatened with extinction.

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