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kā.kela

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt. To perform well. Cf. kela, to excel. He kakaʻikahi loa nā kānaka ʻōpio i hiki ke lanakila maluna ona ma ke kākela ʻana ma kēia manu ʻike apau, few young men could best him in clever performance of all these skills.

2. n. Castle. Eng.

3. Also gazela n. Gazelle. Eng.

Kākela

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

Drive and place, lower Mānoa, Honolulu, named for George P. Castle (1851–1932), a son of Samuel Northrup Castle, who lived there. He was president of Castle and Cooke 1903–1916. Lit., castle. (TM.)

Kākela

Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Beach, Kaipapaʻu, Oʻahu. The north half of Kokololio Beach Park was once the estate of the Castle family of Honolulu. The estate, with its two-story house, was known as Kākela, or "castle." In 1953, Zion Securities, the business branch of the Mormon Church, purchased the estate and maintained it as a private campsite for members of the church. The city acquired the property in 1988 and converted it into Kokololio Beach Park. Lit., castle (English).

kākela

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Castle; gazelle.

kakela

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

castle.

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