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Definition of Hula-hula
1. Noun. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hula-hula
Literary usage of Hula-hula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memories of an Old Actor by Walter Moore Leman (1886)
"... Ada Clare — The Royal Yacht — Volcano of Kilauea—Hilo—The Pic-Nic—Native
Bathing—Dramatic Reading—Honolulu—King Kalakaua—The hula-hula. ..."
2. Around the World Through Japan by Walter Del Mar (1904)
"The Hula-Hula. Annexation. A Luau. The Voyage to San Francisco. English Sociability.
FOURTEEN weeks after we had cast anchor at Nagasaki I left Japan cm the ..."
3. Vacation Days in Hawaii and Japan by Charles Maus Taylor (1898)
"... beach—Sharks—Surf boating—Gathering sea moss—Shopping in Honolulu—Japanese
tailor—Fish market— Cricket grounds—" Hula Hula " dance. ..."
4. The Land of the O-o: Facts, Figures, Fables, and Fancies by Charles C. Burnett (1892)
"CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NATIVE HAWAIIANS—THE HULA —HULA-KUI—AND hula-hula—WITH A
FEW COMMENTS ON POI. THE population of Hawaii is cosmopolitan ; the natives, ..."
5. Hawaiian America: Something of Its History, Resources, and Prospects by Caspar Whitney (1899)
"The dance of Hawaii is the hula-hula, which originally consisted of a series ...
During Kalakaua's reign, for instance, a hula- hula implied women dancing ..."
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