Polynesian Location Names

Hanalei is the name of the bay, river and village on the island of Kauaʻi in Hawai‘i.

Fagalei is the name of the bay on the island of Upolu in Sāmoa.

Fagatogo is the downtown area of the island of Tutuila. Fagatogo is the next village west of Utulei on the island of Tutuila.

Fangatongo is an area in the town in Neiafu on Vavaʻu island, Tonga. Although Utulei is on another island (Pangaimotu island), Utulei is less than a mile south of Fangatongo.

Havaiʻi was the acient name for the island of Raiatea.

Hawaiʻi (often pronouced Havaiʻi is the name for the State of Hawaiʻi and the largest Island in the Hawaiʻian Island.

Savaiʻi is the name of the largest Island in Samoa.

Koloa is the name of the village on Koloa island in the Vavaʻu group of Tonga.

Koloa is the name of a southern district and town on the island of Kauaʻi.

Manuʻa, Manuʻa tele or Manuʻatele is the group of islands including Ta‘ū, Ofu, and Olosega.

Manuka is a village on the island of Tongatapu.

Manuʻa was a name of an ancient Hawai‘ian heiau in Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu.

Maunaloa is the name of a mountain and also a small town on the island of Molokaʻi.

Maugaloa is a mountain on the island of Savaiʻi.

Mauna Loa is a mountain on the island of Hawaiʻi.

Maugaroa is a mountain on the island of Rarotonga.

Maugatea is a mountain on the island of Rarotonga.

Mauna Kea is a mountain on the island of Hawaiʻi.

Ofu is an island of the Manuʻa islands group of Samoa.

Ofu is an island of the Vavaʻu islands group of Tonga.

Olosega is an island of the Manuʻa islands group of Samoa.

Olohena is an division of land on the east side of the island of Kauaʻi.

Orohena is the highest mountain on the island of Tahiti.

Olosega is the name of a locality on the island of Upolu. Olosega, Upolu is in the faipule district of Sāgaga, which is in the itūmālō (political district) of Tuamasaga.

Sāmoa is the island group of the Sāmoan people from Savaiʻi in the west to Ta‘ū in the east.

Hāmoa is the name of an ahupuaʻa and a beach on the island of Maui.

Taʻū is the largest island of the Manuʻa islands group.

Kaʻū is the southern district on the island of Hawaiʻi. Moku is the word for large district on an island in Hawai‘ian language.

Tula is a village on the island of Tutuila.

Kula is a district on the island of Maui. Moku is the word for large district on an island in Hawai‘ian language.

Kula is an Ahupuaʻa on the island of Hawaiʻi.

Upolu is the name of the second largest Island in Samoa.

ʻUpolu is the name of an ahupuaʻa and the northmost point on the largest Island in Hawaiʻi.

Uporu is the ancient name for the island of Tahaʻa.

Utulei is the next village east of Fagatogo on the island of Tutuila.

Utulei is a village at the north tip of Pangaimotu island, Tonga. Although on another island, Utulei is less than a mile south of Fangatongo area, Neiafu in Vavaʻu island.

Vaimea is the name of a locality within Apia on the island of Upolu

Waimea is the name of a village and alternate/older name of an an ahupuaʻa on the island of Hawaiʻi

Waimea is the name of an ahupuaʻa and village island of Kaua‘i

Vaipōuli is the name of a village and also a secondary school on the island of Savaiʻi

Waipouli is the name of an ahupuaʻa island of Kaua‘i

Vaitele is the name of a village on the island of Upolu in Sāmoa.

Waikele is an ahupuaʻa on the island of Oʻahu in Hawai‘i.

Vavaʻu is the largest island in the the Vavaʻu island group and district of Tonga.

Vavaʻu is the ancient name for the island of Bora Bora.