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Jawaiian

Jawaiian
 adj.— «Many of our younger people who have grown up with these new sounds, actually think of the music as Hawaiian… at least one form of Hawaiian music. They call it reggae, Jamaican, Jawaiian, “contemporary” Hawaiian or “local” music.» —“Classifying Jawaiian Music” by Keith Haugen, Carmen Haugen Around Town Hawaii Oct., 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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