Hawaiian Word of the Day: December 17th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published December 17, 2024 at 10:02 AM HST

Our Hawaiian word for today is awāwa meaning valley. Many place names are names of valleys, such as: ke awāwa o Mānoa on Oʻahu, awāwa o Waipiʻo on Hawaiʻi and ke awāwa o Hālawa on Molokaʻi.

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