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[ loo-ou, loo-ou ] / luˈaʊ, ˈlu aʊ /
nouna feast of Hawaiian food, usually held outdoors and usually accompanied by Hawaiian entertainment. a cooked dish of taro leaves, usually prepared with coconut cream and octopus or chicken. Origin of luauFirst recorded in 1835–45, luau is from the Hawaiian word lū'au Words nearby luauLuang Prabang, Luangwa, Luanne, Luanshya, Luapula, luau, lub, Luba, Lubang Islands, Lubavitcher, lubber Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for luauAround midnight, she and her husband Lennie Hayton dropped by the Luau, a faux-Polynesian restaurant in Beverly Hills. Lena Horne's Stormy Past|James Gavin|May 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST But the Luau incident gave her a sobering look at the truth. Lena Horne's Stormy Past|James Gavin|May 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST While police led him to the door, Hayton rushed Horne out of the Luau, then home to the Ambassador. Lena Horne's Stormy Past|James Gavin|May 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST Here it takes a tropical twist, with chunks of sweet pineapple, so it's right at home at a luau. What to Eat|Cookstr.com|July 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Luau (lu-a)--greens made by cooking young taro leaves; in modern times a term applied to a Hawaiian feast. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii|Nathaniel Bright Emerson Hospitable and liberal as he is in his daily life, when the Hawaiian invites his friends to a luau he expects them to pay. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands|Charles Nordhoff "Luau is the Hawaiian name for feast," Mrs. Beaumont explained. The Four Corners in Japan|Amy Ella Blanchard The Tahitian "native" feast does not differ in any salient particulars from the often-described Hawaiian luau. In the Track of the Trades|Lewis R. Freeman She ate the tabu things, which were sacred, belonging to the gods, such as bananas and luau. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology)|W. D. (William Drake) Westervelt
British Dictionary definitions for luau
nouna feast of Hawaiian food a dish of taro leaves usually prepared with coconut cream and octopus or chicken Word Origin for luaufrom Hawaiian lu'au Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |