Hawaiian

Proper noun

Lehua

1. A female given name
2. A male given name
3. An uninhabited island north of Niihau.

Related terms

• Kalehua

References

• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Lehua occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 2 women.

English

Noun

lehua ‎(plural lehuas)

1. The flower or wood of a Polynesian tree (Metrosideros collinus); the tree itself.
   • 1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist (page 165)

     Here were the three tents overshadowed by the great lehuas, still brilliant with their cardinal blossoms.

   • 2007 April 29, Greg Evans, “‘Dragnet’ With Leis, and the Occasional Ghost”, in New York Times:

     The outlandishness of the capers in this first season might surprise viewers who remember “Hawaii Five-0” as “Dragnet” with lehua blossoms.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 222:

     After breakfast, she looked forward to the bouquet of red lehua blossoms and other flowers brought to her every day.