M?noa (, informally ) is a valley and a residential neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawai?i. The neighborhood is approximately three miles (5 km) east and inland from downtown Honolulu and less than a mile (1600 m) from Ala Moana and Waik?k? at 21°18.87916?N 157°48.4846?W.
Similar to many Honolulu neighborhoods, M?noa consists of an entire valley, running from M?noa Falls at the mauka (inland-most) end to King Street. The valley receives almost daily rain, even during the dry season, and is thus richly vegetated - though the valley walls are often dry. Seeing rainbows in the valley is a common occurrence, and is the source of the University of Hawai?i at M?noa sports team names, the Rainbow Warriors (for most men's teams) and Rainbow Wahine (for the women).
The neighborhood is composed of private houses built before the 1960s and low-rise condominiums. M?noa is home to the University of Hawai?i at M?noa, the flagship campus of the University of Hawai?i System. The University has several faculty and student residence areas in M?noa.
Other educational institutions located in M?noa include M?noa Elementary School, Noelani Elementary School, Punahou School, Mid-Pacific Institute, Saint Francis School, and a handful of small, private pre-schools.
The central shopping area of M?noa is the M?noa Marketplace which features a farmer's market several days of the week. More recent development has seen housing on steeper parts of the Diamond Head side valley wall.
M?noa stream begins at the base of M?noa Falls and runs through the valley before joining Palolo stream to form the Manoa-Palolo drainage canal, which flows into the Ala Wai Canal. Floods caused by high rainfall have plagued the residents living along M?noa stream. Most recent was on October 30, 2004 when M?noa stream overflowed causing millions of dollars in damages to residential homes and University of Hawai?i at M?noa buildings.
M?noa is the site of the first sugarcane and coffee plantations in the Hawaiian Islands. John Wilkinson tended the first crops in 1825, brought on the ship HMS Blonde. Hawai?i is the only state in the United States that produces coffee commercially. For more history see coffee production in Hawaii.
M?noa means thick, solid, vast, depth or thickness in the Hawaiian language. There is another valley named M?noa on the north shore of Kaua?i.
There are many legends associated with Manoa, one very well known legend is the story of Kahalaopuna. Kahalaopuna was born to Kahaukani and Kauakuahine. Kahaukani is the wind of Manoa and Kauakuahine is the rain of Manoa. Kakaukani and Kauakuahine were brother and sister, both born to Akaaka (the projecting spur of the Manoa mountain range) and Nalehuaakaaka (the lehua on the brow of the Manoa ridge).
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Points of interest
- Kaua'i Educational Association for Science and Astronomy (KEASA)
- Lyon Arboretum
- M?noa Falls
- Salvation Army Wai?oli Tea Room
- University of Hawai?i at M?noa
Maps Manoa
References
External links
- Manoa-Makiki travel guide from Wikivoyage
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