luau

Etymology

From Hawaiian lūʻau. Replaced earlier paina (from pāʻina) and ahaaina (from ʻahaʻaina).

noun

1. An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.
   Other Americans and Europeans also made their way into court, drawn by its brilliant pageants and lavish lū‘au, or feasts. 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, published 2012, page 13
   MM: No secrets for him because he's the king of Hawaii. And so he said, "Do you want to come to a luau with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Whoopi Goldberg?" 7 July 2014, Hermione Hoby, “Mike Myers: why I made a film about supermensch Shep Gordon”, in The Guardian