Definition of Hawaiian dancing

1. Noun. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.

Exact synonyms: Hula, Hula-hula
Generic synonyms: Rain Dance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawaiian Dancing

Haw.
Hawai'ian
Hawai`i
Hawai`ian
Hawai`ians
Hawaii
Hawaii Island
Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language
Hawaii Standard Time
Hawaii Time
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hawaiian
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Pidgin
Hawaiian capital
Hawaiian dancing
Hawaiian guitar
Hawaiian hawk
Hawaiian hawks
Hawaiian honeycreeper
Hawaiian shirt
Hawaiian shirts
Hawaiianness
Hawaiians
Hawcubite
Hawcubites
Hawe
Hawes
Hawick
Hawiye

Literary usage of Hawaiian dancing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hawaii Past and Present by William Richards Castle (1917)
"Like this sport, hawaiian dancing and wailing for the dead remain to recall the older times. The dancing, or hula, has degenerated into something similar to ..."

2. The Boy Travellers in Australasia: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to by Thomas Wallace Knox (1889)
"... Hawaiian Islands 20 Government Buildings, Honolulu 21 hawaiian dancing-girls 22 Map of the Sandwich Isles 23 Lahaina, Island of Maui 25 Women on ..."

3. All about Hawaii (1917)
"... regard to the public hula exhibition given in the Capitol grounds last week as a sample of hawaiian dancing. "It was lewd, suggestive and disgraceful. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1917)
"In her hawaiian dancing she has caught perfectly the spirit of the music and she has never seen any one dance in ..."

5. Minority Health Issues for an Emerging Majority: The 4th National Forum on edited by Shiriki Kumanyika, John Karefa-Smart (1992)
"A hawaiian dancing group, performing the Hawaiian Hula to the sounds of authentic- Hawaiian music. Little River Drum and Dancer. ..."

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