Etymology

ohia

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Today it means: in Hawaii: the lehua, Metrosideros polymorpha (native to Hawaii) Full definition →

Hawaiian ʻōhiʻa
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The story

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromʻōhiʻa
  2. English todayohia

From Hawaiian ʻōhiʻa.

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