Aliʻi
Hereditary nobles of ancient Hawai'i / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the plant known as ʻaʻaliʻi or aalii, see Dodonaea viscosa.
The aliʻi were the traditional nobility of the Hawaiian islands. They were part of a hereditary line of rulers, the noho aliʻi.
The word aliʻi has a similar meaning in the Samoan language and other Polynesian languages, and in Māori it is pronounced "ariki".