Nīnole, Hawaii

Nīnole (also spelled Hinole, Ninole, or Ninoli) is the name of two unincorporated communities on the island of Hawaiʻi in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii, United States.

In the Hawaiian language Nīnole means "bending".

[1] Nīnole also has the highest percentage of people of Italian descent in Hawaii.

[2] It was on Nīnole Cove,[3] a small bay at the shore of what is now Sea Mountain Golf Course.

The village was the birthplace of Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia (1792–1818) who inspired the missionary movement that forever changed Hawaii.

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