palolo
Americannoun
PLURAL
palolosEtymology
Origin of palolo
1890–95; < Samoan or Tongan
Example Sentences
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Growing up in Oahu’s Palolo Valley in a big Samoan family, he’d felt that power firsthand.
From Los Angeles Times
He suggested Jayden come live with him in Hawaii, close to where he grew up in the Palolo Valley near Honolulu — and where Jayden could play for him at Kamikui High, where he was the coach.
From Los Angeles Times
Hawaiian Electric said it had restored power to almost 20,000 customers on Wednesday night after a lightning storm caused a widespread outage in the Kahala, Kapahulu, Palolo, Waikiki, Manoa and Moiliili areas.
From Fox News
Other revisions include eliminating six catch basins in the upper portions of Manoa, Palolo and Makiki valleys meant to detain floodwater and debris and one in-stream debris catchment structure in Manoa.
From Washington Times
“At first, it was hard. Coach David teaches us more than football. He’s been through what we’ve been through, just a regular Palolo boy trying to make it out of the Valley. As time went by, I trusted him.”
From Seattle Times
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