What does nohea mean in Hawaiian?
Nohea is good-looking in a settled, well-made way — handsome rather than merely pretty, and used of people, places and work alike.
The literal reading is 'from where?' — the question a beautiful thing prompts. Hawaiian often builds praise this way, by asking where something so fine could have come from.
Say it noh-HEH-ah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site nohea is part of 3 names: 1 begin with it, 1 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning beauty.