What does kūʻokoʻa mean in Hawaiian?
Kūʻokoʻa is independence — standing separate and self-governing. Lā Kūʻokoʻa, Independence Day, marked the recognition of Hawaiian sovereignty by Britain and France in 1843, and is again observed.
Say it koo-oh-koh-AH. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a short catch in the voice, like the break in “uh-oh”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held a little longer. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site kūʻokoʻa is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 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 freedom.