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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A dormant volcano, about 3,055 m (10,023 ft) high, forming the eastern portion of Maui, Hawaii.
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Examples
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Now Haleakala is so bulky and tall that it turns the north-east trade-wind aside on either hand, so that in the lee of Haleakala no trade-wind blows at all.
Chapter 8 1913
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The windward side of Haleakala is serried by a thousand precipitous gorges, down which rush as many torrents, each torrent of which achieves a score of cascades and waterfalls before it reaches the sea.
Chapter 8 1913
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Haleakala is the Hawaiian name for "the House of the Sun."
Chapter 8 1913
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The windward side of Haleakala is serried by a thousand precipitous gorges, down which rush as many torrents, each torrent of which achieves a score of cascades and waterfalls before it reaches the sea.
Chapter 8 1911
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Now Haleakala is so bulky and tall that it turns the north-east trade-wind aside on either hand, so that in the lee of Haleakala no trade-wind blows at all.
Chapter 8 1911
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The popular translation of the name Haleakala is "The House of the Sun"; literally the word means "The House Built by the Sun."
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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In addition to an incredible holiday in Maui, Dan proposed to his long-time girlfriend, Therese on top of a gorgeous volcano called Haleakala!
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Kea, and in the breaking yard of the Haleakala Ranch that he had performed his share of the entertaining.
ALOHA OE 2010
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I've seen him in the breaking yard at the Haleakala
Good-bye, Jack 2010
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View of cinder cones inside the Haleakala caldera from Sliding Sands Trail, Maui.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Janice Bishop -- Mars: Back through the Looking Glass SETI Institute 2011
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