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Subject: Re: Hawaiian names in general
Author: Cleveland Kent Evans   (Authenticated as clevelandkentevans)
Date: August 28, 2010 at 10:24:54 AM
Reply to: Hawaiian names in general by Andy ;—)
I don't know about the interpretation of names ending in -lani by Christians.

However, there were a great many Hawaiians given Hawaiianized versions of Biblical names, such as Keoni for John or Malia for Mary.

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