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Kahanamoku

American  
[kah-hah-nah-moh-koo] / kɑˌhɑ nɑˈmoʊ ku /

noun

  1. Duke Paoa 1890–1968, U.S. swimmer and surfer.


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The restaurant, which has been a favorite watering hole for tourists and locals for decades, is named in honor of Hawaiian surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025

Hawaii-born Olympic swimmer and surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku is saluted on a new “American Masters.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2022

At this pinnacle point, Moore is still in disbelief when she's compared to Duke Kahanamoku, the godfather of modern surfing who is memorialized in Hawaii with a cherished monument.

From Fox News • Aug. 6, 2021

At this pinnacle point, Moore is still in disbelief when she’s compared to Duke Kahanamoku, the godfather of modern surfing who is memorialized in Hawaii with a cherished monument.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2021

Hercules of twenty-two, the whitest blond man ever burned to mahogany brown by a sub-tropic sun, with body and lines and muscles very much resembling the wonderful ones of Duke Kahanamoku.

From On the Makaloa Mat by London, Jack

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