Hawaiian Word of the Day: December 25th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published December 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM HST

Today is Christmas Day, and the Hawaiian word for today is lā kalikimaka. Lā means day. Kalikimaka, of course, is a borrowed word, and that is how we say Christmas.

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