dala

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dala

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From an unassimilated equivalent of Hawaiian kālā, from English dollar.

noun dala

  1. historical The currency of Hawaii between 1847 and 1898, equal to the United States dollar. My mother kept a dollar bill in Hawaiian currency—a dala—given to her as a souvenir of her brother's service in the army.

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@misc{dala_2026,
  title = {dala},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dala},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}