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wailuku

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
wailuku
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A census-designated place, the county seat of Maui County, on the island of Maui, Hawaii, United States.

Etymology

From Hawaiian Wailuku, from wai (“freshwater”) + luku (“slaughter; destroy; devastate”). Named after flooding caused by the streams near the West Maui mountains, or the Battle of Kepaniwai in 1790, referring to the dead soldiers' bodies that blocked a nearby river.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does wailuku mean?
A census-designated place, the county seat of Maui County, on the island of Maui, Hawaii, United States.
Where does wailuku come from?
From Hawaiian Wailuku, from wai (“freshwater”) + luku (“slaughter; destroy; devastate”). Named after flooding caused by the streams near the West Maui mountains, or the Battle of Kepaniwai in 1790, referring to the dead soldiers' bodies that blocked a nearby river.

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