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Kailua

American  
[kahy-loo-ah, -loo-uh] / kaɪˈlu ɑ, -ˈlu ə /

noun

  1. a city on SE Oahu, in Hawaii.


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It was a weekday in August when my husband and I went to Kalama Beach Park in Kailua Bay and found almost no one there except for a few bodyboarders.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2020

Kailua resident John Farmer said the fire spread to his sister’s nearby house, which burned down.

From Washington Times • Jan. 19, 2020

The family lived in France for several years before moving to Hawaii, where Ms. Lindsey graduated from high school in Kailua, near Honolulu.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2019

State Rep. Cynthia Thielen, who represents Kailua, said she wants the FAA to prohibit tour flights over Hawaii’s residential areas and national parks.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2019

The weed-tangled water-way shines like a rope of pearls, Dew-pearls that droop the coco leaf, The hair of the trees, their long locks-- 10Lo, they wilt in the heat of Kailua the deep.

From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright

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