rinas

But to the north and east, from where the storms blew, there was a row of trees, not visible from the mansion, and it was upon these that the life of Hanakai depended, for they were the casuarina trees, and it was their needles that sifted out the salt and broke the back of the wild storm; they were the speechless, sighing workmen, and if the golden tree was the marvel of that part of Kauai, it existed solely because the casua-rinas fought the storms on its behalf.

Hawaii Michener, James 1959

POPAPl'llA, a small river of the province and goveiiiMient t) f Maifias in the kingdom c. -f Quito; which rises in the country of the Ura - rinas Indians, between tlw ri\ers Cliambira and TiiiTC.

The geographical and historical dictionary of America and the West Indies : containing an entire translation of the Spanish work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo...with large additions and compilations from modern voyages and travels, and from original and authentic information 1812