Ni‘ihau

Niʻihau, sometimes written Niihau, is the seventh largest island in and the westernmost of the main islands. It is 17.5 miles southwest of across the Kaulakahi Channel.
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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.

Village
Puʻuwai is an unincorporated community in , , 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. is situated 3½ miles west of Ni‘ihau.

Ni‘ihau

Latitude
21.90667° or 21° 54′ 24″ north
Longitude
-160.14917° or 160° 8′ 57″ west
Population
130
Elevation
528 feet (161 metres)
Open location code
72HXWV42+M8
Geo­Names ID
5851462
Wiki­data ID
Q239743
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Satellite Map

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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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