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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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Survivors include her partner of 35 years, Liz Rizzo of Kailua, Hawaii.

From Washington Post • May 27, 2021

“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

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

We were to accompany the missionary overland to Kailua, where the schooner was to meet us.

From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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