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Hula

//ˈhuːlə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.

    "Under the rule of Kalākaua, they had revived the hula, which had been condemned by the missionaries."

  2. 2
    a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To dance the hula. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

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