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Aloha: According to the most popular legend, a demigod Maui raised the islands out of the depths of the sea. A Polynesian explorer named the island after his son whom he had named after the demigod.

Of interest, is that most of the islands are spelled with 'i at the end (Hawai'i, Kuai'i, Moloka'i, etc.). This literally means island. The i at the end of Maui is part of the name, and not spelled with the '.

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