Hilo

[ hee-loh ]

noun

1. a seaport on the east coast of the Island of Hawaii in southeastern Hawaii, and the island’s largest city.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hilo¹

From Hawaiian Hilo, traditionally translated as “to twist”

Example Sentences

After a day spent hiking and watching the Kilauea eruption at Hawaii Volcanoes, soak those tired bones in a wood-fired hot tub and chill out on the enormous california king bed at this rustic bamboo cabin on the Hilo side of the Big Island.

From Outside Online

McClelland points to years of public anti-helicopter activism, like the 2018 hearings in Hilo, Hawaii, or the six hours of testimony over Zoom in Jackson Hole in April, as a positive sign that given a platform to speak, they will.

From Outside Online

Hilo may even return to national prominence, as it did in 2011, when its senior division won the little league world series.

From The Daily Beast

Kilauea is more than two hundred miles southeast of Honolulu, and thirty miles inland from the port of Hilo.

From Project Gutenberg

The next day was darker, and the next after that, when a gale came down upon us that seemed likely to swamp Motu Hilo.

From Project Gutenberg

It might have been blown from Motu Hilo, and seemed ominous of something, I scarcely knew what.

From Project Gutenberg

We sailed along close to the shore, and by two o'clock were near the entrance to the Bay of Hilo.

From Project Gutenberg

I think at least half the population of Hilo had been on board the yacht in the course of the day, as a Christmas treat.

From Project Gutenberg