What does ānuenue mean in Hawaiian?
Ānuenue is a rainbow. Rainbows were a sign of the presence of chiefs and gods, and Hawaiian distinguishes several kinds, including the low-lying uakoko and the moonbow ānuenue kau pō. Ānuenue is a girl's name, and it forms Leiānuenue (a rainbow lei) and Kaʻānuenue (the rainbow).
Say it ah-noo-eh-NOO-eh. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held a little longer. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site ānuenue is part of 2 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning sky.