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1. n. Name reported for an ulua fishing line.

2. Same as haleloke, a chrysanthemum.

n. A West Maui city, site of a late eighteenth century battle. Lit., destructive water.

Wailuku (lit., waters of destruction).

Wailuku (wā'i'lu'ku):

/ wā'i'lu'ku / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

water of slaughter. District, Maui.

Wai-luku

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

River and State recreation area, Hilo, Hawaiʻi. A rock here called Waʻa-Kauhi (canoe [of] Kauhi [a Maui chief]) is said to be the petrified canoe of the demigod Māui. See Ka Lae. Land division, elementary school, quadrangle, heights, city, point, sugar company, and stream, West Maui; site of the battle in the late eighteenth century in which the army of Ka-lani-ʻōpuʻu was nearly annihilated by Ka-hekili of Maui. (Kuy. 1:31; PH 57; RC 148.) See Ke-pani-wai. Lit., water [of] destruction.

River, Hilo, Hawaiʻi. One of two major rivers, with the Wailoa River, that empty into Hilo Bay. Lit., water [of] destruction.

Fishing line for ulua.

the rain of Wailuku provides a soft, unstable foundation to the land.

Wailuku in the shelter of the valley.

E huli iā “wailuku” ma Ulukau.

Search for “wailuku” on Ulukau.

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