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There is no known meaning behind the name of Kaua‘i. Native Hawaiian tradition indicates the name's origin in the legend of Hawai‘iloa — the Polynesian navigator attributed with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates how he named the island of Kaua‘i after a son.
The city of Lih‘ue, on the island's southeast coast, is the seat of Kaua‘i County and the largest city on the island. Waimea, on the island's southwest side and once the capital of Kaua‘i, was the first place visited by explorer Captain James Cook in 1778. Waimea town is located at the mouth of the Waimea River, whose flow formed one of the most scenic canyons in the world: 3000-ft (914-m) deep, Waimea Canyon.
The island of Kaua‘i was featured in Disney's 2002 animated feature film Lilo & Stitch. Waimea Canyon was used in the filming of the 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. filmFor other uses see film (disambiguation Film — also called movies the cinema the silver screen moving pictures motion pictures photoplays picture shows and flicks — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment Jurassic ParkJurassic Park is a book written by Michael Crichton and published in 1990, which was later turned into a movie directed by Steven Spielberg. Written as a cautionary tale on unconsidered biological tinkering (in much the same spirit as Mary Shelley's Frank.
Kaua‘i is home to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range FacilityThe Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) at Barking Sands, Kauai, is the world's largest instrumented, multi-dimensional testing and training range. PMRF is the only range in the world where submarines, surface ships, aircraft and space vehicles can oper.
| Islands of Hawai‘i | |
|---|---|
| Hawai‘i | Kaho‘olawe | Kaua‘i | Lna‘i | Maui | Moloka‘i | Ni‘ihau | Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | O‘ahu | |
| Counties | |
| Hawai‘i | Honolulu | Kalawao | Kaua‘i | Maui |