Hakalau
/ hā'-kā-lā'u /leaf drying frame. Land section, Hilo, Hawaii.
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Hakalau
/ Haka-lau /Village, land division, bay, gulch, and stream, Honomū qd.—the 1946 tsunami waves reached heights of 37 feet here and destroyed a sugar mill (Macdonald and Abbott 257–258); elementary school in the town of Hilo, Hawaiʻi.
- Literally, many perches.
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Hakalau
Bay, beach, surf site, Hakalau, Hawaiʻi. Hakalau is one of the few navigable bays on the precipitous Hāmākua coast. A narrow detrital sand beach lines the head of the bay. The surf site is off the beach. The ruins of Hakalau Mill are on the shore of the bay where it was destroyed by the tsunami of 1946.
- Literally, many [bird] perches.
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