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  • The Godbolts were an old _kama'aina_ missionary family.

    Beard 2010

  • "If you've got a valid Hawaii license, I can give you the _kama'aina_ rate."

    Beard 2010

  • In the column itself she was a woman whose feet were firmly planted on the ground, guided by the folk wisdom of her Irish grandmother, a _kama'aina_, who was a font of old-country good sense.

    Beard 2010

  • Thanks for revealing Obama the kama'aina to those readers who are not familiar with the spirit of Hawai'i.

    Maxine Hong Kingston: Obama on O'ahu 2008

  • Congratulations for a beautiful article from an ex kama'aina citizen of the world.

    Maxine Hong Kingston: Obama on O'ahu 2008

  • It was adopted by kama'aina when the military began importing it; Oahu alone is home to seven active military installations, including Pearl Harbor.

    Barack Ate What For Lunch in Kailua?! Eddie Gehman Kohan 2008

  • "Governor Linda Lingle has been campagning in Nevada and Colorado saying that Obama is NOT kama'aina."

    Maxine Hong Kingston: Obama on O'ahu 2008

  • It was adopted by kama'aina when the military began importing it; Oahu alone is home to seven active military installations, including Pearl Harbor.

    Archive 2008-12-21 Eddie Gehman Kohan 2008

  • Whatever their introduction, mosquitoes are kama'aina now, setting up nurseries in any stagnant water they can find ...

    Reader reviews of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert. 2003

  • The Hilo Hawaiian has long been a popular hotel for visitors and kama'aina, and is the highest rated, oceanfront, full-service hotel in Hilo,

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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