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Hawaiian Word of the Day

Hawaiian Word of the Day: December 11th

Our Hawaiian word for today is a well-known place name on Kaua?i, Po?ip?. It is often mispronounced because people see the first three letters as a group and pronounce it as they would poi. It means crashing, as in wave action.

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