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Hawaiian Word of the Day: February 7th

Nu'uo'a means high rise, and it wasn't too many years ago that there were no high rises in Hawai'i. That's still true on some islands, but there are plenty of them on O'ahu.

Our Hawaiian word for today is something relatively new to Hawai'i. Nuʻuoʻa means high rise, and it wasn't too many years ago that there were no high rises in Hawai'i. That's still true on some islands, but there are plenty of them on Oʻahu.

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