excerpt from Chapter 6 of The Golden Paradox
"Oh, so that’s why the Nali homeworld is named Na Pali?"
David sighed. Nicholas could tell that he hit a sensitive subject. "The Nali homeworld is NOT called Na Pali. When Humans started exploring their world, they were told that the capital city was named Na Pali Haven, but rumors that the planet is named Na Pali began to arise for unknown reasons. The truth of the matter is that the Nali homeworld has no name according to the Nali, so the name of Na Pali just seemed to stick, for the simple reason that there wasn’t a name for it already."