Kaunaoa Bay hotel reopened in early 2009. Kaunaoa Bay Kaunaoa Bay has one of the few white sand beaches of the Kohala Coast, the western side of the island of Hawaii. A historic hotel, the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, is located on beautiful Kauna'oa. The word 'kauna'oa' may refer to a few different things, any of which may have been why native Hawaiians named this beach so: the first definition refers to a thin, orange vine with yellow flowers, (Cuscuta sandwichiana), which is found throughout most Hawai'i (this is the official lei vine of Lanai). However, the second definition refers to a
Maldives protest of international criticism of its records in relation to corruption and human rights. The name "Maldives" may derive from the Tamil words ' (garland / evening) and ' (island), or (', "Necklace Islands") in Sinhala. The Maldivian people are called "Dhivehin". The word ' (archaic ', related to Tamil , ') means "island", and "Dhives" ("Dhivehin") means "islanders" (i.e., Maldivians). The ancient Sri Lankan chronicle "Mahawamsa" refers to an island called "" ("Island of Women", ) in Pali, which is probably a mistranslation of the same Sanskrit word meaning "garland". Jan S Hogendorn, Grossman Professor of Economics, theorises that