waiākea
/ wai.ā.kea /Same as lehua keʻokeʻo, a taro.
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Waiākea
/ wā'i-ā-ke'ă /open waters. Land section, Hilo, Hawaiʻi.
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Waiākea
/ Wai-ākea /Village and land section, Makuʻu qd.; land section and camp, Humuʻula qd.; land section, Hilo suburb, bay (another name is Byron's Bay), park (see Mahohuli), fishpond, forest reserve, mill, plantation, stream, and school, Hilo qd., Hawaiʻi. A legendary man, 'Ulu (breadfruit), lived here. He died of starvation and was buried near a running spring. Next morning a breadfruit tree laden with fruit was found there, ending the famine. The tidal wave of 1960 greatly damaged the Hilo suburb of Waiākea.
- Literally, broad waters.
- References:
- See Kanukuokamanu, Mokuola.
- HM 98; PH 27; UL 60.
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Waiākea
- Light, Waiākea, Hawaiʻi. Established in 1904 to mark the southeast side of Hilo Bay.
- Peninsula, Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Low-lying peninsula on the southeast coast of Hilo Bay.
- Literally, broad waters.
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