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〕 | country = United States | country admin divisions = | rank = 4th largest Hawaiian Island | boxcolor = a186be | hexadecimal = 662d91 | text color = FFFFFF }} Kauaʻi or Kauai (; Hawaiian: ) is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle", Kauai lies across the Kauai Channel, northwest of Oahu. This island is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park. The United States Census Bureau defines Kauai as Census Tracts 401 through 409 of Kauai County, Hawaii, which is all of the county except for the islands of Kaʻula, Lehua, and Niihau. The 2010 census population of the island was 67,091,〔(Census Tracts 401 through 409, Kauai County ) United States Census Bureau〕 with the largest town by population being Kapaa. ==Etymology and language== Native Hawaiian tradition indicates the name's origin in the legend of Hawaiiloa—the Polynesian navigator attributed with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates how he named the island of Kauai after a favorite son; a possible translation of Kauai is "place around the neck", meaning how a father would carry a favorite child. Another possible translation is "food season". Kauai was known for its distinct dialect of the Hawaiian language; this is still spoken on the neighboring island of Niihau. Whereas the standard language today is based on the dialect of Hawaii island, which has the sound at the beginning of words, the Kauai dialect was known for pronouncing this as . In effect, Kauai dialect retained the old pan-Polynesian , while "standard" Hawaii dialect has changed it to the . Therefore, the native name for Kauai was said as Tauai, and the major settlement of Kapaa would have been pronounced as ''Tapaa.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kauai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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