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Take the Mililani Uka Elementary School
History & Trivia Quiz.
What do "Mililani" and "Uka" mean?
The Hawaiian word "Mililani" literally means: "praise exalt;
to give thanks; to treat as a favorite".
"Uka" means "inland, upland, towards the mountains or shoreward if at sea".
Mililani is the name of our town, so "Mililani Uka Elementary School"
is the Mililani school that is inland while "Mililani Waena
Elementary School" is the Mililani school that is in the middle
or center (waena) of Miliani,"Mililani Mauka Elementary School"
is the Mililani school that is towards the mountains (mauka).
"Kipapa Elementary School" is named after Kipapa Valley
which is the southeastern border of Mililani. And Mililani's newest
school is "Mililani Ike Elementary School".
The word Ike means vision, or to see or search
in Hawaiian.
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