Hawaiian Word of the Day: December 6th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published December 6, 2022 at 12:00 AM HST

Our Hawaiian Word of the Day is Waiʻaleʻale, the name for the wettest spot on Earth. Waiʻaleʻale is the highest mountain on Kauaʻi, and Waiʻaleʻale means rippling or overflowing water, a very appropriate name for a place with more than 475 inches of rain a year.

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