Liliuokalani

American  

[lee-lee-oo-oh-kah-lah-nee] / liˌli u oʊ kɑˈlɑ ni /

Or Lil'iuokalani

noun

1. Lydia Kamekeha 1838–1917, queen and last monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, from 1891 until her forced removal in 1893 after an illegal coup d’état led in large part by Americans with business interests in Hawaii.

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Liliuokalani British  

/ liːˌliːʊəʊkɑːˈlɑːniː /

noun

1. Lydia Kamekeha (ˌkɑːmeɪˈkeɪhɑː). 1838–1917, queen and last sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands (1891–95)

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Example Sentences

Among the bestsellers was sheet music for the song “Aloha Oe,” written and composed in 1878 by Queen Liliuokalani, when she was a princess.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa was born on April 23, 1926, in Honolulu to William Jeremiah Ellerbrock, a doctor, and Lydia Liliuokalani Kawananakoa, whose father, David Kawananakoa, was an heir to the Hawaiian throne.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022

Hawaii was a unified kingdom from Kamehameha’s ascent, in 1810, to 1893, when Queen Liliuokalani, much beloved, abdicated to protect her subjects from bloodshed.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

Statues of Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii’s last monarch, and Saint Damien, a Catholic priest who cared for leprosy patients, stand outside the State Capitol building.

From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2018

And the deposed Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani, or "ex-Queen," as she is called, has presented her views in the form of a book, giving an account of her whole life.

From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 5, February 3, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt