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Kalaoa (kă-lā'oă):

/ kă-lā'oă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

the choking. Land section, North Kona, Hawaii.

Kalaoa

/ Ka-laoa / Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),
  • School, Kailua; land section, Honomū qd., Hawaiʻi, said to be named for Kalaoa Puʻumoi, sister of Kapalaoa, the mother of the riddling expert, Kalapana.
  • Land section, stream, homesteads, Kailua qd., Kona, Hawaiʻi.
  • Valley, southeast Niʻihau.

Literally, the choker (as a stick for catching eels).

  • References:
    • For a saying, see Appendix 8.1.

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Kalaoa

Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Beach, surf site, east coast, Niʻihau. The high south-eastern sea cliffs between Poʻooneone Beach and Pueo Point contain a series of narrow stream-cut valleys, some of which contain small pocket beaches of calcareous sand. Kalaoa Beach is the most prominent of these pocket beaches. The backshore is primarily a mudflat, and a shallow sandbar lies off the beach. The surf site is a shorebreak on the sandbar. Literally, the choker (as a stick for catching eels).

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