Laupahoehoe
iʻoa ｜ proper noun / lă'u-pā-ho'e-ho'e /smooth lava branch. Land section, Hilo, Hawaii.
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Laupāhoehoe
iʻoa ｜ proper noun / Lau-pāhoehoe /Land sections, Hāmākua, Honomū, Mauna Kea, and Waipiʻo qds.; stream, Hāmākua and Mauna Kea qds.; village, Honomū qd.; homesteads, Mauna Kea qd.; beach park, elementary and high school, point, and ancient surfing area (Finney and Houston 26), Honomū qd., Hawaiʻi, where ʻUmi was bruised while surfing incognito before becoming a chief (For. Sel. 124). A man who came from Kahiki and thence to the canoe landing at Laupāhoehoe built a heiau here called Ulekiʻi (penis fetching). The man turned into a pāoʻo fish, and his sister into an ʻaʻawa fish. Fishermen who wanted to catch them were surprised to see them turn into human beings.
- Literally, smooth lava flat.
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Laupāhoehoe
iʻoa ｜ proper noun- Ramp, surf site, North Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Laupāhoehoe is a rocky peninsula with a boat ramp on its eastern side. The surf site is off the ramp.
- Monument, Laupāhoehoe, Hawaiʻi. At the eastern edge of Laupāhoehoe Point Park above the ramp. The monument is a memorial to the students of Laupāhoehoe School who were killed in the tsunami of April 1, 1946.
- Point light, Laupāhoehoe, Hawaiʻi. Established in 1890 at the seaward end of the peninsula. The light is on a 20-foot pole that was erected in 1975 approximately 39 feet above sea level. A breakwater light was established in 1989 on the eastern side of the point to mark the boat ramp and the huge concrete tetrahedrons that protect it.
- Literally, smooth lava flat/tip.
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