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Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., A variety of sugar cane, usually free tasseling, heavy stooling, and with rather semierect to recumbent growth; large, long heavy tops.

  • References:
    • HP 222.

2. n., A variety of sweet potato.

  • References:
    • HP 142.

3. n., Poising; leaping.

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Lahaina

Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Lahaina.

  • Related:
    • Ancient names: Lele, Lāhainā.
    • Epithet: breadfruit-sheltered land of Lele, ever-burning torch not darkened by the Kauaʻula gales, ka malu ʻulu aʻo Lele, kukui ʻaʻā mau pio ʻole i ke Kauaʻula.

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Lahaina

/ lā-hăi-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

day of cruelty. District, Maui.

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Lahaina

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

District, quadrangle, town, roadstead, West Maui, formerly the gathering place for whalers, and the capital of the Islands from 1820 to 1845. Surfing sites on both sides of the harbor are known as Lahaina Lefts and Lahaina Rights.

  • Related:
    • The associated wind is Kauaʻula.
  • References:
    • See Lāhainā.

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Lahaina

Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),
  1. Light, Lahaina, Maui. Established on the Lahaina waterfront in 1840, the first lighted navigational aid in Hawaiʻi. In 1917, a 39-foot concrete tower with an automatic light replaced the previous structure.
  2. Roadstead, Lahaina, Maui. Undesignated moorings off the Lahaina Small Boat Harbor.
  3. Small boat harbor, Lahaina, Maui. Facilities include sixteen berths, eighty-three moorings, a pier, and a fuel facility.
  4. Yacht club, Lahaina, Maui. Private club. Facilities include ten moorings.
  • Literally, cruel sun (from the old pronunciation, Lāhainā).

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Lahaina

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Restoration Foundation of Maui, based on the restoration of the Dr. Dwight Baldwin home and related buildings. Other elements were added: Seamanʻs Hospital, Petroyglyph Wall, Hale Paʻi printshop at Lahainaluna School, Baldwin Museum, and others. This author was one of three incorporators and a director for many years.

Lahaina

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

rain in the harbor of Lahaina.

lahaina

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Variety of cane. Usually free tasseling; heavy stooling; semi-erect to recumbent growth; large, long, heavy tops. Brought by Captain Pardee Edwards by whaler from the Marquesas.

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