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- noun An
extended Hawaiian family unit .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ke kali nei kekahi mau 'ohana' o ke kau 'ana o ka' ōlelo ho'oholo ma kekahi hihia e noi 'ia ana ka ho'iho'i' ia o ka wai i kekahi mau kahawai he 19 o
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He ho'ohana 'ia paha kahi lā'au make ma luna o kā kākou mea' ai?
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Ke kali nei kekahi mau 'ohana' o ke kau 'ana o ka' ōlelo ho'oholo ma kekahi hihia e noi 'ia ana ka ho'iho'i' ia o ka wai i kekahi mau kahawai he 19 o Maui Komohana.
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Aloha Airlines workers are still keeping in touch with their "ohana" after years of working together.
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There was a spirit, lifestyle and identity that went with the longtime kamaaina company, and the "ohana" of former Aloha Airlines workers still keeps in touch.
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Aloha Airlines workers are still keeping in touch with their "ohana" after years of working together.
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"ohana" who contributed to making this year's drive a success, no matter how large or small that contribution.
Hawaii Reporter 2009
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However, Flanary's documentary also meets with the students' extended families 'ohana and allows them to describe why it is so important to them that their children learn how to speak in Hawaiian.
George Heymont: The Music and Its Message: Songs of Protest and Cultural Identity George Heymont 2011
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However, Flanary's documentary also meets with the students' extended families 'ohana and allows them to describe why it is so important to them that their children learn how to speak in Hawaiian.
George Heymont: The Music and Its Message: Songs of Protest and Cultural Identity George Heymont 2011
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But two Democratic candidates running in a May special congressional race here aren't feeling like ohana right now, giving island Republicans a chance to win in this longtime Democratic stronghold.
Tide Turns for GOP Candidate in Hawaii Stu Woo 2010
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“Why can’t I use the knowledge I have to help my own, my ohana?” she said, using a Hawaiian word for family.
‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers Ava Sasani 2024
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November 20, 2008
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“Residents who gathered outside the president-elect’s compound or at his appearances called, ‘Obama Ohana,’ meaning Obama family — that is, part of Hawaii’s family.�?
The New York Times, ‘Hail to Chief’ Ambience for President in Waiting, by Jackie Calmes, January 1, 2009
January 3, 2009