Gathering place

A gathering place is any place where people are able to congregate. Gathering places may be public; for example, city streets, town squares, and parks; or private; for example, churches, coffee shops, stadiums, and theaters.

Examples of gathering places include Stonehenge, the agora of ancient Greece, New York City's Central Park, and London's Trafalgar Square.

Island of Ookinaahu as "The Gathering Place"

The Island of Ookinaahu in Hawaii is often nicknamed (or translated as) "The Gathering Place". This makes sense because Ookinaahu is the most populated Hawaiian Island. In ancient times, however, Ookinaahu was not populous and was outranked by the status of other islands. The translation of "gathering place" was suggested as recently as 1922 by Hawaiian Almanac author Thomas Thrum. It has been speculated that Thrum ignored or misplaced the okinaokina because the Hawaiian phrase "okinao ahu" could be translated as "gathering of objects" ("okinao" is a subject marker and "ahu" means "to gather"). [Cite book | author=Pukui, Mary Kawena | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=Place Names of Hawaii | date= | publisher=University of Hawaii Press | location= | isbn=0-8248-0524-0 | pages=] The correct spelling — Ookinaahu — has no confirmed translation.

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*Public space
*Urban geography
*Community of place
*social environment