Waialae Country Club

Wai'alae is a Hawaiian word for spring water of the mud hen, which comes from mud hen ('alae) and spring water (wai).^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

In the 1830s and 1840s, the location of the artesian spring for the spring water (or wai) in Wai'alae was a closely guarded secret known only by an elderly couple. King Kamehameha III drank from this spring while visiting. During the twentieth century, the location of the spring became unknown.^[12][13]

The wetlands in the Hawaiian Islands are a winter habitat for the American coot which is also known as "mud hen".^[14] The Hawaiian mud hen (or 'alae), which is referred to in Wai'alae, is the endemic Gallinula sandvicensis and is a close relative of the coot.^[5][15] Mud hens, moorhens, marsh hens, and swamp hens are closely related.^[15]

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