Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haleiwa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: halei-wa
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

One of the largest towns in the North Shore area of Honolulu County, Hawaii.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bale Proto-Oceanic *pale Proto-Polynesian *fale Hawaiian hale Hawaiian ʻiwa Hawaiian Haleʻiwabor. English Haleiwa Borrowed from Hawaiian Haleʻiwa.

Questions

What does haleiwa mean?: One of the largest towns in the North Shore area of Honolulu County, Hawaii.
Where does haleiwa come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bale Proto-Oceanic *pale Proto-Polynesian *fale Hawaiian hale Hawaiian ʻiwa Hawaiian Haleʻiwabor. English Haleiwa Borrowed from Hawaiian Haleʻiwa.

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