aloha Glenn, in the interest of cultural accuracy mauna a wakea (not mauna kea) does not translate as "white mountain".

our people have a rich culture which includes an oral tradition which celebrates the power of the vibration of spoken words. Hawaiians would never name anything as simplistically as "white mountain".

mauna a wakea is the mountain of wakea. this name signifies the spiritual union of wakea, sky father, and papa, earth mother. the inoa mauna a wakea has tremendous cultural and spiritual significance to us in part because of this symbolism.