Editing Molokai (section)

==Name==
The island is known under several names by the local population: Molokaʻi ʻĀina Momona (land of abundance), Molokaʻi Pule Oʻo (powerful prayer), and Molokaʻi Nui A Hina (of the goddess Hina). 

Both the form ''Molokai'' (without an [[{{okina}}okina]]) and ''Moloka'''{{okina}}'''i'' (with) have long been used by native speakers of Hawaiian, and there is debate as to which is the original form, with conflicting claims as to which the elders used.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawaii Board on Geographic Names |url=http://planning.hawaii.gov/gis/hbgn/ |website=hawaii.gov |access-date=6 February 2020 |archive-date=26 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226001549/http://planning.hawaii.gov/gis/hbgn/ |url-status=live }} ''This island name is often mispronounced without an ʻokina, but we know from listening to many kūpuna (or elders) recorded from the 1950s to 1970s, who were native speakers from Molokaʻi, that the name did indeed have an ʻokina in it.'' {{cite web |url=https://oleloonline.com/0403p-pronunciation-practice-okina/ |title=Pronunciation Practice: ʻOkina |website=ʻŌlelo Online |access-date=2020-04-23 |archive-date=2020-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805135602/https://oleloonline.com/0403p-pronunciation-practice-okina/ |url-status=live }} For counter opinions see {{cite web |url=https://themolokaidispatch.com/so-it-molokai-or-moloka-i/ |title=So is it Molokai or Moloka{{okina}}i? |last=Aki |first=Catherine |date=15 October 2008 |website=The Molokai Dispatch |access-date=23 April 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719125241/https://themolokaidispatch.com/so-it-molokai-or-moloka-i/ |url-status=live }} and {{cite web |url=https://mauinow.com/2016/01/26/whats-in-a-name-is-it-molokai-or-moloka%CA%BBi/ |title=What's in a Name? Is it Molokai OR Molokaʻi? |last=Dudley |first=Malika |date=28 January 2016 |website=The Molokai Dispatch |access-date=23 April 2020 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124081841/https://mauinow.com/2016/01/26/whats-in-a-name-is-it-molokai-or-moloka%CA%BBi/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[USGS]] and the Hawaiʻi Board on Geographic Names use the form with the ʻokina.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=GNISPQ:3:::NO::P3_FID:362468 |title=Domestic Names |access-date=2020-07-02 |archive-date=2020-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520053104/http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:362468 |url-status=live }}</ref>