What does koholā mean in Hawaiian?
Koholā is the humpback whale, which winters in Hawaiian waters between roughly November and April to breed and calve before returning to Alaska.
The whale is an ʻaumakua for some families and appears in chant as a figure of great size and deliberate movement. The Papahānaumokuākea and Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale sanctuaries protect the waters they use.
Kohola without the kahakō is a different word — a reef flat — so the macron matters here more than usual.
Say it koh-hoh-LAH. 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 koholā is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are boy names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning ocean.