What does palila mean in Hawaiian?
Palila is a Hawaiian honeycreeper, a yellow-headed finch that lives only in the māmane forest on the slopes of Mauna Kea. It is critically endangered, and a long-running lawsuit in its name established significant precedent in United States endangered species law.
Say it pah-LEE-lah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site palila is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning bird.