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Koa
Koa
Hawaiian
Proper noun
Koa
- A male given name.
Related terms
References
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Koa occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 6 women and 16 men.
koa
koa
English
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A koa tree
Noun
koa (countable and uncountable, plural koas)
- Acacia koa, a species of large tree in the family Fabaceae which is endemic to and common on the islands of Hawaii; or the wood of this tree.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 59:
- As you get higher, native vegetation takes over, so a prospect might be framed by the dangling leaves of the beautiful koa tree, each leaf a gently curved, trembling sickle.
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2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 122:
- At her funeral, Likelike's body was placed in a polished koa coffin, adorned with sprays of gardenia […].
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 59: