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maile

maile noun: a flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei. Also the obsolete form of mail.

Noun

maile (uncountable)

  1. A flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.
    • All about the tents were ferns, while the fragrant maile trailed from every tree and bush […]1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, page 165

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Maile

Maile

  1. A female given name from Hawaiian.
    • Over at the unofficial Memories of Elvis store are two of his most diehard fans. Ramona Carey-Farias was kissed by Elvis in Las Vegas in 1972, named her daughter Maile, after the love interest in Blue Hawaii, and bought a house down the road to be close to Graceland.2002 July 25, Matthew Engel, “The King is alive”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2014
    • The Democrat announced that she had given birth to her second daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, on Monday.2018 April 9, Guardian staff and agencies, “Tammy Duckworth becomes first senator to give birth in office”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Maile

Maile

  1. A surname.

Also used as

maile is also the obsolete form of mail.

Origin of maile

Borrowed from Hawaiian maile.

Variant of mail.

From Hawaiian Maile, from maile (“maile, a flowering Hawaiian vine”).

Questions about maile

What does maile mean?
Maile means a flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.
What part of speech is maile?
Maile can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near maile in the dictionary

  1. mailcoaches
  2. mailcoat
  3. mailcoats
  4. maildrop
  5. maildrops
  6. maile
  7. mailed
  8. mailed catfish
  9. mailed fist
  10. mailed fists
  11. mailed it in

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