What does pali mean in Hawaiian?
Pali is a cliff or a steep slope. The Nuʻuanu Pali on Oʻahu, where Kamehameha won the island in 1795, and the Nā Pali coast of Kauaʻi are the most famous. Kapali is the cliff, Palilani a heavenly cliff, Kāʻanapali on Maui the divided cliffs.
Say it PAH-lee. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site pali is part of 17 names: 11 begin with it, 4 end with it, and 2 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning mountain.