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Wailuku
[ wahy-loo-koo ]
noun
- a town on NW Maui, in central Hawaii.
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Legends connected with the Wailuku tend to confirm the belief that it was named for its violent habits.
The town at the mouth of the Wailuku has since that day been known by the Hawaiian word meaning "to twist."
Farther up the river, which Paoa learned was called the Wailuku, there lived the goddess Hina.
From Lahaina the route is by automobile to Wailuku and Olinda, thence on horseback to the summit.
Mr. Alexander met us, and we started in this same storm and high wind for Wailuku, ten miles distant, where he resides.
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