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Wailea

Wailea proper noun: a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.

Proper noun

Wailea

  1. A census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.

Origin of Wailea

From Hawaiian Wailea. Compound of wai (“water”) + Lea (“a goddess of canoe builders”)

Questions about Wailea

What does Wailea mean?
Wailea means a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.
What part of speech is Wailea?
Wailea is a proper noun.

Words near Wailea in the dictionary

  1. wail
  2. wail on
  3. Wailaki
  4. Wailakis
  5. waile
  6. Wailea
  7. wailed
  8. wailed on
  9. wailefull
  10. wailer
  11. waileress

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