Wailuku

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A census-designated place, the county seat of Maui County, on the island of Maui, Hawaii, United States.

词源

From Hawaiian Wailuku, from wai (“freshwater”) + luku (“slaughter; destroy; devastate”). Named after flooding caused by the streams near the West Maui mountains, or the Battle of Kepaniwai in 1790, referring to the dead soldiers' bodies that blocked a nearby river.
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