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luau

[ loo-ou, loo-ou ]

noun

  1. a feast of Hawaiian food, usually held outdoors and usually accompanied by Hawaiian entertainment.
  2. a cooked dish of taro leaves, usually prepared with coconut cream and octopus or chicken.


luau

/ luːˈaʊ; ˈluːaʊ /

noun

  1. a feast of Hawaiian food
  2. a dish of taro leaves usually prepared with coconut cream and octopus or chicken
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of luau1

First recorded in 1835–45, luau is from the Hawaiian word lū'au
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Word History and Origins

Origin of luau1

from Hawaiian lu'au
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Example Sentences

Journalists got their revenge a month later by sending Gibbs into a dunk tank at a White House luau.

Around midnight, she and her husband Lennie Hayton dropped by the Luau, a faux-Polynesian restaurant in Beverly Hills.

But the Luau incident gave her a sobering look at the truth.

While police led him to the door, Hayton rushed Horne out of the Luau, then home to the Ambassador.

Here it takes a tropical twist, with chunks of sweet pineapple, so it's right at home at a luau.

Hospitable and liberal as he is in his daily life, when the Hawaiian invites his friends to a luau he expects them to pay.

"Luau is the Hawaiian name for feast," Mrs. Beaumont explained.

It will be a twenty-five cent, or a fifty cent, or a dollar luau.

The Tahitian "native" feast does not differ in any salient particulars from the often-described Hawaiian luau.

The pupil ate the luau, the teacher placed the package of salt on the altar, and the service was complete.

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