Directions in Hawaiian

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A friend said that directions are given different in Hawaii. You don't use north, south, east, and west. How then do you give directions?

-- David Lee (brothers@hardluck.net), January 22, 1999

Answers

mauka is towards the mountain, makai is towards the ocean. Then there is Daimaond Head which means towards Diamond head and Ewa which is towards Ewa.

-- Billy Bosnoda (bosnoda@laval.net), January 22, 1999.

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