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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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Ocean Kim took top honors in the 100-yard dash after officials agreed Kim, of Kailua, Hawaii, hit the finish wire just ahead of the pack.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023

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

Hawaii’s Oahu’s Kailua Beach Park has been selected as the best stretch of sand for an annual list of top U.S. beaches.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2019

Kailua The Early Ones Black night turns dark blue, a wedge of lighter blue, dim gray.

From The Book with the Yellow Cover by Wetterau, John Moncure