Etymology

Haleiwa

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Today it means: One of the largest towns in the North Shore area of Honolulu County, Hawaii. Full definition →

Hawaiian Haleʻiwa ← Proto-Polynesian *fale ← Proto-Oceanic *pale
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  1. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*balay
  2. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*balay
  3. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*bale
  4. Proto-Oceanic*pale
  5. Proto-Polynesian*fale
  6. Hawaiianhale
  7. Hawaiianʻiwa
  8. HawaiianHaleʻiwa
  9. English todayHaleiwa

Borrowed from Hawaiian Haleʻiwa.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.