Hawaii Street Names History

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Living in Hawaii is very important to know the street names so you don’t get lost but understanding the history, culture of the Hawaiians. You also learn about the Hawaiians and the myths and stories that they were told by their ancestors. The Hawaiians were big on ‘aina and naming their streets by nature, myths, and important people. The street names practices are important to the Hawaiians because of its part of the culture and trying to teach the next generations.
The street categories were very organized when it was being picked. Before the Hawaiians decided to names their streets. They had to put the street names in Hawaiian and English. Certain words were chosen to be street names. In the Hawaiian street names wrote by Rich Budnick (1989)