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Hawaiian word · adj

hiʻena

“blazing, flaming”

Say it

hee-EH-nah

In names

1 names

1 girl · 0 boy · 0 unisex

What does hiʻena mean in Hawaiian?

Hiʻena is a fierce brightness — blazing, glowing red hot. It shares the ʻena root with other words for heat seen as colour.

Say it hee-EH-nah. 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”. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.

On this site hiʻena is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning fire.

Names that end in hiʻena (1)

Hiʻena closes the name and colors everything before it.

  • “the raging fires”

    Pronounced nah-hee-eh-nah-EH-nahnā + hiʻena

    Girl

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What does hiʻena mean?

Hiʻena means blazing, flaming. Hiʻena is a fierce brightness — blazing, glowing red hot.

How do you pronounce hiʻena?

hee-EH-nah. Every vowel is a separate sound and the stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Is hiʻena a Hawaiian name on its own?

Hiʻena is not usually given as a name by itself, but it is part of 1 names on this site, such as Nāhiʻenaʻena.

What are some Hawaiian names ending in hiʻena?

Nāhiʻenaʻena (the raging fires).

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