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Ala Moana

Ala Moana stretches from Honolulu Harbor to Waikīkī and is home to Ala Moana Center, once the largest shopping center in the United States and today the largest open air shopping center in the world.
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Ala Moana stretches from Honolulu Harbor to Waikīkī and is home to Ala Moana Center, once the largest shopping center in the United States and today the largest open air shopping center in the world.

Ala Moana in the Hawaiian language means path to the sea. It is the name of a commercial, retail and residential district of Honolulu, Hawai‘i nestled between Waikīkī to the east, Kaka‘ako and Honolulu Harbor to the west. King Street to its north marks the border with the neighborhood of Makiki.

Ala Moana is situated along the southern shores of the island of O‘ahu and features a vast stretch of reef-protected white sandy beaches. The civic center of Ala Moana is Ala Moana Center, once the largest shopping center in the United States and today the largest open-air shopping center in the world. [citation needed]

Across the street from Ala Moana Center is Ala Moana Beach Park, dedicated by President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s. The main roads through Ala Moana are Ala Moana Boulevard and Kapi‘olani Boulevard.

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