“Poke” (pronounced poh-keh) literally means “to slice” or “to cut crosswise into pieces” in Hawaiian. It originated centuries ago among Native Hawaiian fishermen, who would season freshly caught reef fish with sea salt, seaweed (limu), and roasted crushed kukui nuts (inamona). Las Vegas is called the 9th island because there are plenty of families from Hawaii that moved here because of economic reasons and find a better quality of life. The islands are beautiful but were just too expensive to ra