Meanings
plural luaus · alternative lūʻau
- An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.
Other Americans and Europeans also made their way into court, drawn by its brilliant pageants and lavish lū‘au, or feasts.
2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, published 2012, page 131 more example
MM: No secrets for him because he's the king of Hawaii. And so he said, "Do you want to come to a luau with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Whoopi Goldberg?"
2014 July 7, Hermione Hoby, “Mike Myers: why I made a film about supermensch Shep Gordon”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2021
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Translations
French luau
- luauelaborate Hawaiian feast
Hawaiian lūʻau
- lūʻauelaborate Hawaiian feast
Portuguese luau
- luauelaborate Hawaiian feast
Spanish luau
- luauelaborate Hawaiian feast
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Cite this entry
luau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luau
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