"luau" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, published 2012, page 13:",
          "text": "Other Americans and Europeans also made their way into court, drawn by its brilliant pageants and lavish lū‘au, or feasts.",
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          "text": "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?\"",
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          "sense": "elaborate Hawaiian feast",
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      "ipa": "/ˈlu.aʊ/"
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      "word": "luau"
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