What does mānoa mean in Hawaiian?
Mānoa is depth and solidity — thick, vast, substantial. The Oʻahu valley of that name is deep and famously rainy.
Say it MAH-noh-ah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held a little longer. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site mānoa 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 earth.