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mokuleʻia

kikino ｜ noun / mokule.ʻia / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Same as kāhala, amberfish.

  • Rare

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mokuleia

kikino ｜ noun / MO-KU-LE-I-A / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Name of a species of fish of the kahala kind; kahala mokuleia.

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mokuleia

kikino ｜ noun / mō'-kŭ-lĕ-ī'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., A fish of the kahala kind; kahala mokuleia. Same as kahala.

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Mokuleia

iʻoa ｜ proper noun / moku'-le'iă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

a kind of fish. Land section, Waialua, Oahu.

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Mokulēʻia

iʻoa ｜ proper noun / Moku-lēʻia / Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Land section, beach park, surfing area, and station, Haleʻiwa qd.; land sections and forest reserve, Kaʻena and Schofield qds., northwest Oʻahu. The historian Kamakau was born here (RC vii).

  • Literally, isle [of] abundance.

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Mokulēʻia

iʻoa ｜ proper noun Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),
  1. Beach, snorkeling site, Honolua, Maui. Large calcareous sand pocket beach at the foot of the sea cliffs. Part of the Honolua-Mokulēʻia Bay Marine Life Conservation District established in 1978. Also known as Slaughterhouse Beach.
  2. Beach, Mokulēʻia, Oʻahu. A 6-mile-long calcareous sand beach between Kaiaka Bay and Camp Erdman. The beach passes through four land divisions in the Waialua District—Mokulēʻia, Kawaihāpai, Keālia, and Kaʻena—but is known only as Mokulēʻia Beach.
  3. Beach park (38.5 acres), Mokulēʻia, Oʻahu. Section of Mokulēʻia Beach near Dillingham Airfield.
  4. Dive site, Mokulēʻia, Oʻahu. Off the beach park.
  5. Surf site, windsurf site, Mokulēʻia, Oʻahu. Off the beach park. Also known as Mokes, Park Rights.
  • Literally, district of abundance.

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mokuleʻia

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Amberjack (Seriola dumerili). A silvery gray fish with a yellow stripe that attains a length of 6 feet. Its young are called halahala.

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