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Hawaiian Word of the Day

Hawaiian Word of the Day: July 23rd

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Leilani Poliʻahu
Published July 23, 2020 at 7:59 AM HST

Pekelala is another Hawaiian word borrowed from English, and it means federal. If you listen to the news of the day discussed in Hawaiian, you often hear pekelala, because so much of what is in the news relates to the U.S. federal government.
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