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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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Prosecutors said Haas, 54, of Kailua, Hawaii, was among dozens of Navy officials who were bribed to help obtain defense contracts for a man known as “Fat Leonard” Francis.

From Seattle Times Feb. 2, 2023

“I was over here at the Kailua town location over the weekend on Saturday, and it looked like Kailua from 2019.”

From Washington Times Mar. 30, 2021

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

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

On Saturday, April 11, we left Kaawaloa, after a very pleasant visit of two weeks, starting about nine o'clock on our twelve miles' ride to Kailua.

From Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California by Anderson, Mary E. (Mary Evarts)

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