luau
/ˈlu.aʊ/
luau noun: an elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.
Noun
luau (plural luaus or luau)
- 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 13
- 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
luau meaning in Tamil
luau in Tamil
- வெளிப்புற விருந்து, ஒரு ஹவாய் உணவு
Forms of luau
| plural | luaus |
|---|---|
| plural | luau |
| alternative form | lūʻau |
Origin of luau
Borrowed from Hawaiian lūʻau. Replaced earlier paina (from pāʻina) and ahaaina (from ʻahaʻaina).
Questions about luau
- What does luau mean?
- Luau means an elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.
- What is luau in Tamil?
- Luau in Tamil is வெளிப்புற விருந்து, ஒரு ஹவாய் உணவு. See Luau meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is luau?
- Luau is a noun.
- How do you pronounce luau?
- Luau is pronounced /ˈlu.aʊ/.
- What is the plural of luau?
- The plural of luau is luaus.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: luau (page history and authors); luau (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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