ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono

[ oo-ah mah-oo key ey-ah oh kah ah-ee-nah ee kah poh-noh ]

Hawaiian.

1. the life of the land is maintained by righteousness: motto of Hawaii.

Example Sentences

Nevertheless, it resulted in 34 separate amendments � more than 1,000 individual changes to Hawaii's state constitution � that included the addition of the untranslated phrase, "Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono" in the constitution's preamble � "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness."

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