Ni‘ihau
Niʻihau, sometimes written Niihau, is the seventh largest island in Hawaii and the westernmost of the main islands. It is 17.5 miles southwest of Kauaʻi across the Kaulakahi Channel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Hawaii, United States of America
- Also known as: “Island of Niihau”, “Kaunu”, “Nihau”, “Niʻihau”, “Niihau”, “O’Neeheow”, “Ohihiau”, “Oneeheow”, “Oneehow”, “Onehow”, and “Onihow Island”
- Historically known as: “Neeheehow”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pu‘uwai.
Pu‘uwai
Village
Puʻuwai is an unincorporated community in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States, and the only settlement on the island of Niʻihau. It is at the western coast of the small island, and Native Hawaiians who live in this village speak the Niihau dialect of the Hawaiian language. Pu‘uwai is situated 3½ miles west of Ni‘ihau.
Ni‘ihau
- Category: landform
- Location: Kauai, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Ni‘ihau from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Ni‘ihau” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Niihau”
- Asturian: “Niʻihau”
- Asturian: “Niihau”
- Basque: “Niihau”
- Bavarian: “Niʻihau”
- Bavarian: “Niihau”
- Catalan: “Niihau”
- Cebuano: “Ni‘ihau”
- Chinese: “你好岛”
- Chinese: “你好島”
- Chinese: “尼好島”
- Chinese: “尼豪島”
- Czech: “Niihau”
- Dutch: “Ni’ihau”
- Dutch: “Niʻihau”
- Dutch: “Niihau”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ني’يهاو”
- Esperanto: “Ni ihau”
- Esperanto: “Ni‘ ihau”
- Esperanto: “Niihau”
- Estonian: “Niihau”
- Finnish: “Niihau”
- French: “Ni’ihau”
- French: “Niihau”
- Galician: “Niihau”
- German: “Halulu-See”
- German: “Ni’ihau”
- German: “Niʻihau”
- German: “Niihau”
- Greek: “Νιιχάου”
- Hawaiian: “‘O Ni‘ihau”
- Hawaiian: “Ni‘ihau”
- Hawaiian: “Niʻihau”
- Hawaiian: “Niihau”
- Hebrew: “ניאהאו”
- Hebrew: “ניאיהאו”
- Hungarian: “Niihau”
- Indonesian: “Niihau”
- Irish: “Niʻihau”
- Irish: “Niihau”
- Italian: “Niihau”
- Japanese: “ニイハウ島”
- Korean: “니하우섬”
- Latvian: “Niihau”
- Lithuanian: “Niihau”
- Macedonian: “Нихау”
- Malay: “Niihau”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ni‘ihau”
- Norwegian: “Niihau”
- Persian: “نیهاو”
- Polish: “Ni’ihau”
- Polish: “Niʻihau”
- Polish: “Niihau”
- Portuguese: “Niihau”
- Russian: “Ниихау”
- Samoan: “Niʻihau”
- Samogitian: “Niihau”
- Serbian: “Ниихау”
- Slovenian: “Niʻihau”
- Slovenian: “Niihau”
- South Azerbaijani: “نیهاوو”
- Spanish: “Niʻihau”
- Spanish: “Niiahu”
- Spanish: “Niihau”
- Swedish: “Ni’ihau”
- Swedish: “Niʻihau”
- Swedish: “Niihau”
- Thai: “นีเฮา”
- Turkish: “Niihau”
- Ukrainian: “Ніїгау”
- Ukrainian: “Ніїхау”
- Urdu: “نیہاو”
- Vietnamese: “Niihau”
- Western Frisian: “Niïhau”
- “Nīhau”
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