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  • Opihikao, and swam in the clear, sweet-water pools of Kalapana.

    ON THE MAKALOA MAT 2010

  • When Kamapua'a attacked Pele near Kalapana, Kapo [a sister of Pele] sent this kohe [ "vagina"] as a lure and [Kamapua'a] left Pele and followed the kohe lele [ "flying vagina"] as far as Koko Head on O'ahu, where it rested upon the hill, leaving an impression to this day on the Makapu'u side.

    New McCain Slime Call In Arizona Hits Obama As "Follower" And As "America's Most Liberal Senator" 2009

  • That one having to do with the volcano, having to do with the landslide out there on the Kalapana (ph) area, collapsing down a good couple of feet, up to 12 feet sinking into the water.

    CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2006 2006

  • Opihikao, and swam in the clear, sweet-water pools of Kalapana.

    ON THE MAKALOA MAT 1993

  • Opihikao, and swam in the clear, sweet-water pools of Kalapana.

    On the Makaloa Mat 1919

  • Alas! my wife, have you forgotten the days when we dwelt in Kalapana and saw the sun rise beyond Cape Kumukahi?

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Alas, my wife -- O! My companion of the shallow planted breadfruit of Kalapana.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • When the boy Kalapana comes to challenge his oppressor he is told to stay outside; inside is for the chief.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Kalapana is a pool of brackish water in which, they assert, lies the tail of a _moo_ whose head is to be seen at the bottom of a pool a mile and a half distant, at Punaluu; and bathers in this latter place always dive and touch the head in order to avert harm.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • From Kapoho southward to Kalapana and beyond many remains are reported, but residents say they are of rather modern date, some of them having been occupied since white people came into the country to live.

    Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 Gerard Fowke 1894

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