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kalua

kalua noun: a traditional Hawaiian cooking method, using an underground oven called an imu.

Noun

kalua (uncountable)

  1. A traditional Hawaiian cooking method, using an underground oven called an imu.

Adjective

kalua (not comparable)

  1. Cooked using the kalua method.
    • kalua pig; kalua turkey

Origin of kalua

Borrowed from Hawaiian kālua.

Words formed from kalua

Questions about kalua

What does kalua mean?
Kalua means a traditional Hawaiian cooking method, using an underground oven called an imu.
What part of speech is kalua?
Kalua can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near kalua in the dictionary

  1. Kaltenbach
  2. Kaltenbachs
  3. Kalterherberg
  4. Kalteux
  5. kalu
  6. kalua
  7. kaluaed
  8. Kalubihan
  9. Kaludirehaa
  10. kaluga
  11. kalugas

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