Updated figures of Syrian refugees admitted into the U.S. since the Syrian civil war began. Only 53, or 2.4 percent, of the 2,194 total are Christians.
Some people say that the Humuhumunukunukuapuaâa is the longest Hawaiian name for a fish. This is not true, because it âonlyâ has 22 letters (counting the okina). Luckily the humuhumunukunukuapuaâa has another honorable distinction: it is the state fish of Hawaiâi!
The Hawaiian coot (Fulica alai), also known as the Ê» alae kea in Hawaiian, is a bird in the rail family, Rallidae, that is endemic to Hawai Ê» i. In Hawaiian, Ê» alae is a noun and means mud hen. Kea or its synonym keo is an adjective for white.